{{short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox |image = Comesperma drummondii - Flickr - Kevin Thiele.jpg |image_caption = |taxon = Comesperma drummondii |authority = Steetz<ref name=APNI/> |synonyms = ''Bredemeyera drummondii'' <small>(Steetz) Steenis</small> |synonyms_ref =<ref name=powo/> |range_map = Comesperma drummondiiDistA11.png |range_map_caption = Occurrence data from AVH }}

'''''Comesperma drummondii''''', commonly known as '''Drummond's milkwort''', is a slender herb in the family Polygalaceae.<ref name=florabase>{{FloraBase|id=4553|name=''Comesperma drummondii''}}</ref> It is a perennial herb growing to between 20&nbsp;cm and 1.2 m high, on sandy and gravelly soils<ref name=florabase/> Its pink-blue-purple flowers may be seen from August to November.<ref name="florabase" />

The species was first formally described by the botanist Joachim Steetz in ''Plantae Preissianae'' in 1848.<ref name=APNI>{{APNI2|id=73960|name=''Comespermum drummondii''}}</ref><ref name=steetz>{{cite journal|author=Steetz, J. |editor= Lehmann, J.G.C.|date= 1848|title= Polygaleae|journal= Plantae Preissianae|volume=2|issue=2-3|pages= 301|url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/499121}}</ref>

The species occurs in Western Australia,<ref name="powo">{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=''Comesperma drummondii'' Steetz {{!}} Plants of the World Online {{!}} Kew Science|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:690211-1|access-date=2021-01-03|website=Plants of the World Online|language=en}}</ref> in Beard's Eremaean and South-West provinces.<ref name="florabase" />

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drummondii Category:Flora of Western Australia Category:Plants described in 1848 Category:Taxa named by Joachim Steetz

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