*Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) R.Br.

Follicle ovoid-acuminate, 5 cm long, tapering into a very short curved beak. Teeth of the corona incurved. Shrub 1–2 m high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, 5–10 cm long, on short petioles. Widespread. Waste places and pastures. Introd. from S. Africa. Fl. spring–autumn. Narrow-leaved Cotton Bush