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Vegetation type: Elgin Shale Fynbos

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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Slime Soldier-in-a-Box
Albuca flaccida
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Eastern Tree Aloe
Aloidendron barberae
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Easy to grow
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • orange
  • pink
Jun Jul Aug
Succulent Tree
Belladonna Lily
Amaryllis belladonna
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb
Narrowleaf Waterblommetjie
Aponogeton angustifolius
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Near water In water
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb Aquatic
Cape-Pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Edible Fragrant
Near water In water
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bulb Aquatic
Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Good for coastal areas
Easy to grow
Pioneer species
Bristle Capegorse
Aspalathus hispida
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Edible Fragrant
Common Bobbejaantjie
Babiana ambigua
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Beetle Lily
Baeometra uniflora
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Blue Bushviolet
Barleria obtusa
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • purple
Feb Mar Apr May
Shrub
Candelabra Lily
Brunsvigia orientalis
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • red
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb Perennial
Sea Fig
Carpobrotus edulis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover
Cobra Lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
Jun Jul Aug
Bulb
Cotula coronopifolia Group
Cotula coronopifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Annual
Cotula turbinata Group
Cotula turbinata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Annual
Common Marsh Buttons
Cotula vulgaris
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Scilly Pigmyweed
Crassula decumbens
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Orange Stonecrop
Crassula glomerata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Floating Pigmyweed
Crassula natans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Good potplant
Near water
Bermuda grass
Cynodon dactylon
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Ground cover Perennial Grass
Mat Sedge
Cyperus textilis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful
Near water
Shade Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
Perennial Grass
Bract Disa
Disa bracteata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Perennial Veldtgrass
Ehrharta calycina
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Easy to grow
Useful
Shade Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • red
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual Perennial Grass
Bristle Felicia
Felicia tenella
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Black Flag
Ferraria crispa
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Ficinia dunensis
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Blue-sequins
Geissorhiza aspera
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Semi-shade
Soil: sandy
  • blue
  • mauve/lilac
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Rush Satin
Geissorhiza juncea
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Carpet Crane'S-Bill
Geranium incanum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ground cover Perennial
Gladiolus quadrangulus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • white
Dec
Shrub Tree
Helmet Sedge
Hellmuthia membranacea
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Near water
Sickle Eveninglily
Hesperantha falcata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Waternet
Hydrodictyon africanum
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Cape Quillwort
Isoetes capensis
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Slender Clubrush
Isolepis cernua
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Strandveld Beachfig
Jordaaniella dubia
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Flats Annual Rush
Juncus cephalotes
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Matting Rush
Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Fourtone Viooltjie
Lachenalia aloides
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Soil: clay
Scented Viooltjie
Lachenalia arbuthnotiae
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Wild Viooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive Fragrant
  • blue
  • cream
  • green
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Creeping Brightfig
Lampranthus reptans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Common Lionspaw
Leonotis leonurus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Easy to grow Hedge
Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • orange
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May
Shrub Perennial
Cancer Bush
Lessertia frutescens
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Capeflats Conebush
Leucadendron levisanus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Good potplant
Near water
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Giant Sedge
Mariscus thunbergii
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
Swordleaf Combflower
Micranthus alopecuroides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Needleleaf Combflower
Micranthus junceus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Two-leaved Cape tulip
Moraea miniata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • pink
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Blue Uintjie
Moraea tripetala
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles
Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • blue
  • mauve/lilac
  • purple
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Dune Waxberry
Morella cordifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • red
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
Bietou
Osteospermum moniliferum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports monkey beetles Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
Shrub
Goat's-foot
Oxalis caprina
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Water Capestar
Pauridia aquatica
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Fragrant
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
Pelargonium anethifolium
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Rose-Scented Geranium
Pelargonium capitatum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium myrrhifolium
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Night-scented Pelargonium
Pelargonium triste
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Medicinal Fragrant
Dwarf Plantain
Plantago crassifolia
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Petite-Licorice
Plecostachys serpyllifolia
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • cream
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May
Ground cover Perennial Scrambler
Small Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Pool Pegreed
Restio sabulosus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Rosy sandcrocus
Romulea rosea
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Table Froetang
Romulea tabularis
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Beach Tentfig
Ruschia macowanii
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Soil: sandy
Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Medicinal Fragrant
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Cape Glasswort
Sarcocornia capensis
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Scented Orchid
Satyrium odorum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Black Bog-Rush
Schoenus nigricans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Blue Kunibush
Searsia glauca
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
Searsia laevigata var. villosa
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Kill Ragwort
Senecio burchellii
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Red-purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • purple
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual
Coast Ragwort
Senecio littoreus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Annual
Shoddy Ragwort
Senecio pterophorus
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Butter Silklily
Sparaxis bulbifera
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Near water
Tall Rootthug
Thesium strictum
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Common Capespinach
Trachyandra ciliata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Puncture Vine
Tribulus terrestris
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Cape Bulrush
Typha capensis
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports birds
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Near water In water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • yellow
Feb
Aquatic Grass
Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Common Butterflylily
Wachendorfia paniculata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports sunbirds
Near water
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Water Softbell
Wimmerella secunda
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Near water
Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Near water

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