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Polygala fruticosa
Also called Feather Dusters, Heart Leaved Polygala, Shrubby Falsepea, Shrubby Polygala, Sweet Pea Bush, Sweet Pea Shrub
Polygala fruticosa, the sweet pea shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is native to Eswatini and Kwazulu-Natal and the Cape Provinces in South Africa. It was first described by Peter Jonas Bergius in 1767. According to the Red List of South African Plants, it is of least ecological concern.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Polygala fruticosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
