Polygala fruticosa
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| Sweet Pea Shrub | |
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| Polygala fruticosa in cultivation in California | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Fabales |
| Family: | Polygalaceae |
| Genus: | Polygala |
| Species: | P. fruticosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Polygala fruticosa P.J.Bergius | |
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.[1][2] It was first described by Peter Jonas Bergius in 1767.[3] According to the Red List of South African Plants, it is of least ecological concern.[4]
