Purple Broom

Polygala virgata

Inclusion rationale

Why did we include this species on our website? Because it was mentioned in the following source(s):

• Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping

Features data

The following sources have provided data on features for this species.

Source document	Features
PlantZAfrica Jan. 1, 2026, 8:30 a.m.	Bees Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Shrub Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Color data Flowering data
Egoli Granite Grassland species list, with plants recommended for landscaping May 22, 2026, 11:31 p.m.	Good garden plant Sun Shrub Egoli Granite Grassland

Photo credits

You can see the credits underneath each photo of the species pages as well. Credits, in order of appearance:

• (c) walker11perth, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) Albertus(Bertie), some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Albertus(Bertie) source
• (c) Pieter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Pieter source
• (c) Peter Swart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Swart source
• (c) Nicola van Berkel, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), uploaded by Nicola van Berkel source
• (c) philzoe, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by philzoe source
• (c) Craig Peter, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Craig Peter source
• (c) dave1941, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC) source
• (c) copper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by copper source
• (c) copper, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by copper source