| Family | POLYGALACEAE |
| Genus species | Polygala oxycoccoides Desf. |
| Bibliography | Fl. Atlant. 2: 127 (1798) |
| Native Range | Algeria to Morocco |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | procumbent, ramose, leaves glabrous, alternate, subsessile, elliptic, thick, rounded, 6-9mm, flowers in terminal capitate raceme, sepals oblong, corolla ca. 1cm |
| Size | 20-30cm |
| Color | rose |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny, dry, rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 16-21°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Polygala rupestris var. densiflora (Braun-Blanq. & Maire) Jahand. & Maire Polygala rupestris ssp. densiflora Braun-Blanq. & Maire Polygala rupestris var. desertica (Chodat) Jahand. & Maire Polygala rupestris f. desertica Chodat Polygala rupestris ssp. oxycoccoides (Desf.) Batt. Polygala rupestris var. oxycoccoides (Desf.) Chodat |
| Territory | 2 Africa 20 Northern Africa (ALG Algeria, MOR Morocco) |