Muraltia minuta (mini purple gorse) is a flowering plant in the milkwort family (Polygalaceae). It is endemic to rocky flats to about above sea level in the south-western Cape Province, South Africa.https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/590359-Muraltia-minuta
It is a perennial erect or spreading subshrub with a height between and branches mainly at its base. The plant's clustered leaves are softly-haired and have sharp tips. It produces pink flowers which are stalkless, the calyx is at least half the length of the corolla.Strelitzia 29 PLANTS OF THE GREATER CAPE FLORISTIC REGION 1: The Core Cape Flora 2012 by John Manning and Peter Goldblatt It is categorised on the Red List of South African Plants as Endangered due to invasive species and habitat loss.
Muraltia minuta was first written about by Margaret Levyns in 1954 in the Journal of South African Botany. It was named "minuta", the Latin word for "small", in reference to the plant's small size.
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