Muraltia montana Levyns

Species

Angiosperms > Fabales > Polygalaceae > Muraltia

Characteristics

Sprawling shrublet to 20 cm, villous on young parts. Leaves sessile, fascicled, linear-lanceolate, rigid, spine-tipped. Flowers on short pedicels, axillary, deep pink. Capsules sparsely hairy, with narrow horns.
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Distribution

Muraltia montana world distribution map, present in South Africa

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:690862-1
WFO ID wfo-0001100516
COL ID 44LF8
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Synonyms

Muraltia montana