Polygalaceae
Spiky purple gorse
Muraltia heisteria
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Genus
- Muraltia
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Kastybos, Persblommetjie
- English
- Spiky purple gorse
Synonyms
- Heisteria pungens P.J.Bergius
- Muraltia abietina Chodat
- Polygala heisteria L.
- Polygala stipulacea Burch.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Cait Smith, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: sharndreheuvel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Diana Studer, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: yakovlev.alexey from Moscow, Russia, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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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.