Main menu

Home
About
Plants of the Week
Vegetation of South Africa
Information Library
Contact

Plants of the Week Advanced Search

Go to Plants of the Week to browse all plants alphabetically or by date.

Search within the Plants Of the Week article text

The plant

Special features

The gardening site

Horticultural zones Learn more about Horticultural zones

Zone1
Coastal summer rainfall

Zone2
Coastal winter rainfall

Zone3
Winter rainfall Karoo

Zone4
Summer rainfall Karoo/Highveld

Zone5
Bushveld summer rainfall

Pietermaritzburg - Zone 5

Port Elizabeth - Zone 1

Worcester - Zone 3

Pretoria - Zone 4

Search results for "Polygala" (displaying 4 of 4 on page 1)

Refine your search

Sort by date added
Sort Alphabetically

Ascending | Descending

Polygala gazensis

Common names: Gazaland butterfly bush, Gazaland milkwort (Eng.)

Family: Polygalaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2020 Polygala gazensis is described as an ericoid, sprawling or ... difference is that polygalas do not bear leguminous fruit. Polygala gazensis is distributed in Mozambique, Zimbabwe and ... and on margins of evergreen forest and in rocky areas. Polygala gazensis flowers attract insects, bees and carpenter ...

28 / 09 / 2020 | Zoleka May | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: Purple Broom (Eng.); Persboom, Bloukappie (Afr.); Ea moru (Nd); Hlokoa leleue (Sotho); Ithethe (Z)

Family: Polygalaceae

... NBG Norma Jodamus Kirstenbosch NBG December 2004 Polygala virgata is an erect, evergreen shrub and grows to a ... capsule and the seed is small, black and oval shaped. Polygala virgata grows naturally on lower slopes and edges of ... African species, 32 occur in Cape region. The genus Polygala consists of about 600 species with 232 species in ...

20 / 12 / 2004 | Norma Jodamus | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: september bush (Eng.); septemberbossie, augustusbossie, blouertjie, langelede (Afr.); ulopesi, ulapesi, umabalabala (Xho.); uchwasha (Zul.)

Family: Polygalaceae

... Walt Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2003 Polygala myrtifolia varies in form as it changes to adapt to ... mauve or purple, but can also be pink scarlet, or white. Polygala myrtifolia has blooms throughout the year with a ... flower profusely. The fruit is a small, winged capsule. Polygala myrtifolia occurs naturally from the Bokkeveld ...

29 / 09 / 2003 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: 'Southern Shores' butterfly bush, heart-leaf polygala (Eng.); 'Southern Shores' ertjieblom (Afr.); ulopesi, ulapesi, umabalabala (Xho.); ithethe (Zul.

Family: Polygalaceae

... Hitchcock Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden October 2002 Polygala fruticosa 'Southern Shores' is a neat, rounded shrub ... difference is that polygalas do not bear leguminous fruit. Polygala fruticosa is a native of South Africa, growing on ... African species, 32 occur in the Cape region. The genus Polygala consists of about 600 species that occur in ...

04 / 11 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Please login to your account

Forgotten your password? Click here.

Please fill in form below to register.

CAPTCHA

This question is for testing whether or not you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions.

What code is in the image? *

Enter the characters shown in the image.

Leave this field blank

Plants of the Week Advanced Search

The plant

Special features

The gardening site

Search results for "Polygala" (displaying 4 of 4 on page 1)

Polygala gazensis

Polygala virgata

Polygala myrtifolia

Polygala fruticosa 'Southern Shores'