Polygalaceae
Polygala virgata
- Family
- Polygalaceae
- Genus
- Polygala
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Persbesem, Bloukappie, Persboom
- Chinese
- 多枝远志
- Southern Sotho
- Hlokoa leleue
- Zulu
- Ithethe, Umobopha
Synonyms
- Polygala cernua Thunb.
- Polygala genistoides Poir.
- Polygala genistopsis Chodat
- Polygala spartioides Burch. ex Eckl. & Zeyh.
- Polygala sprengeliana Eckl. & Zeyh.
Flowers
- In flower
- all year (from 257 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Mahomed Desai, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Nicola van Berkel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Shaun Swanepoel, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Forest and Kim Starr, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Phindile Mboyi, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: JMK, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Consultaplantas, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Nanna Joubert, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dick Culbert from Gibsons, B.C., Canada, CC BY 2.0, 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.