Polygala L. >
Keel with a filamentous crest Polygala
Shrubs usually more than 1 m high. Flowers more than 8 mm long
Leaves elliptic to obovate or narrow-obovate, 2–3 cm long, not conspicuously reticulate. Flowers in short terminal racemes. Outer sepals ovate, 12–15 mm long. Petals deep pink. Shrub 1–2 m high. Coast. Waste land. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring-summer Polygala myrtifolia