Family: Polygalaceae
Plant: A delicate twining plant with tangled stems up to 2m long.
Flowers: Blue to purple with 2 spreading petal-like sepals. The flowers are borne in small upright terminal racemes up to 14cm long.
Flowering: August-November.
Fruit: An ovoid capsule 1-1.5cm long with a narrow wing.
Leaves: Alternate, linear to elliptic, 1-5cm long and 1-5mm wide and scattered along the stems. The leaves are soft and flat and often have irregular margins; they are also paler on their underside.
Habitat: On the edge of dry sclerophyll forest and in coastal heathland.
Features: Purplish-blue ‘winged’ flowers. Twining tangled stems.
Name:
Comesperma
From Greek = hair-seed (referring to the tufts of hair on its seeds)
volubile From Latin = twining
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Type |
Climber/Scrambler |
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Flowers |
Form |
Irregular, Cluster |
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Colour(s) |
Purple, Blue |
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Petal/Sepal No. |
Few |
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Flowering Month |
8, 9, 10, 11 |
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Fruit |
Type |
Capsule |
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Colour |
Brown |
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Other Features |
- |
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Leaves |
Arrangement |
Alternate |
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Type |
Simple |
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Shape |
Linear, Oval |
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Length |
Short |
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Margins |
Entire |
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Attachment |
Unstalked |
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Other Features |
Discolorous |
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Bark |
- |
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Habitat |
Dry sclerophyll forest, Heathland |
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