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Polygala gazensis

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

Family: Polygalaceae

... graceful sprays of deep purplish pink flowers. The family Polygalaceae is known as the milkwort family or false legume ...

28 / 09 / 2020 | Zoleka May | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: spiky purple gorse (Eng.); kastybos, persblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Polygalaceae

... rainfall region in the Cape. Muraltia belongs in the Polygalaceae, a family of 80 genera and more than 950 species ...

15 / 01 / 2007 | Marga Den Hartigh | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: violet tree, fibre tree (Eng.); krinkhout , rooipeultjie, seepbasboom (Afr.); mpesu (tshiVenda); mmaba (Tswana), iphuphuma (isiZulu)

Family: Polygalaceae

28 / 08 / 2006 | Avhurengwi Phillemon Ndou | Walter Sisulu NBG

Common names: tortoise berry, dune berry (Eng.); skilpadbessie, duinebessie (Afr.)

Family: Polygalaceae

... racemes and are pink to mauve. Typical of the family Polygalaceae, the anterior petal is keel-like, with a lobed ... botanist and author. This species belongs to the family Polygalaceae that is cosmopolitan in warm and temperate ...

07 / 11 / 2005 | Christien Bredenkamp | Pretoria NBG

Common names: tortoise berry (Eng.); skilpadbessie, duinebessie, bokbessie (Afr.); mmaba (Tswana); cargoe (Nama)

Family: Polygalaceae

... . The species name spinosa, is Latin, meaning 'spiny'. The Polygalaceae (milkwort family) is large, cosmpolitan family, ...

05 / 09 / 2005 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Family: Polygalaceae

... Drakensberg it is found at an altitude of 250 to 1800 m. Polygalaceae (milkwort family) is a large family with 17 ... virgata is one of the beautiful species belonging to the Polygalaceae family also commonly known as the milkwort ...

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

... myrtifolia means myrtle-like leaves. The milkwort family (Polygalaceae) occurs nearly world-wide with 17 genera and 950 ...

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

... soils, from clay to rocky sandstone. Members of the family Polygalaceae occur nearly world-wide in 17 genera, with 950 ... means shrubby or bushy in Latin. The family name Polygalaceae is known as the milkwort family / false legume ...

04 / 11 / 2002 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

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