Plants of the Castlemaine District
Small Milkwort - native (Comesperma polygaloides)
Family: Polygalaceae.
Native.
Uncommon. A grassland plant.
Recognise:
- it is a blue-flowered herb
- the flowers are along the unbranched leafy stalk
- the sepals are enlarged, blue and petal-like, so that the flowers resemble pea flowers.
VROTS: vulnerable. Listed under the Fauna and Flora Guarantee Act.
Photos: Small Milkwort. 1. Meins Lane. Guildford Plateau 2: Welshmans Reef Cemetery.