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Brassicaceae

Blue sporrie

Heliophila lactea Schltr.

Family
Brassicaceae
Genus
Heliophila

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Blue sporrie: Heliophila lactea photographed along a roadside in Port Nolloth , Northern Cape, South Africa.
Photo: Julie Anne Workman, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (2)
Afrikaans
Blousporrie
English
Blue sporrie, Milk sunspurge

Synonyms

  • Heliophila azureiflora Schltr.
  • Heliophila azureifolia see Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf
  • Heliophila sparsiflora Schltr.
  • Heliophila venusta Dinter

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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.