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infestation (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
habit (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
long and narrow leaves (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
flower clusters (Photo: Rob and Fiona Richardson)
upper leaves and young flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
elongated flower cluster (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of purplish-coloured flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
close-up of pinkish-coloured flowers (Photo: Sheldon Navie)
Scientific Name
Polygala virgata Thunb.
Family
Polygalaceae
Common Names
broom milkwort, milkwort, polygala, purple broom
Origin
Native to southern Africa (i.e. Tanzania, Zaire, Malawi, Mozambique, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, South Africa and Swaziland).
Naturalised Distribution
Widely naturalised in southern and eastern Australia (i.e. in south-eastern and central Queensland, in the coastal districts of eastern New South Wales, in southern Victoria, in south-eastern South Australia and in south-western Western Australia).
Naturalised overseas in New Zealand.
Notes
Broom milkwort (Polygala virgata) has escaped cultivation as a garden ornamental and become naturalised in coastal dune vegetation, wetlands and open woodlands. It is regarded as an environmental weed in Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia, Queensland and Western Australia.
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