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Vegetation type: Elgin Shale Fynbos

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13 species found
Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
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
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
Bristle Felicia
Felicia tenella
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Supports bees
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
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
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
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
Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees

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