Polygala L. >
Keel with a filamentous crest Polygala
Shrubs usually more than 1 m high. Flowers more than 8 mm long
Leaves linear or very narrow-elliptic, 2–6 cm long. Flowers in long terminal leafless racemes usually more than 10 cm long. Outer sepals obovate to broad-elliptic, c. 10 mm long. Petals pale purplish. Erect shrubs with slender twiggy branches. Coast and adjacent plateaus, e.g. Kurnell, Pymble. Waste places, especially sand dunes. Fl. spring–summer. Introd. from S. Africa Polygala virgata