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Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
Cape Smilax
Asparagus asparagoides
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Shrub Scrambler
Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Useful Edible
Near water In water
Sun
Aquatic
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
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
Blue Ladieshand
Cyanella hyacinthoides
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • blue
  • mauve/lilac
  • pink
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Bulb
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
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
Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful
Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • green
  • purple
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Bramakranka
Gethyllis afra
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Good potplant
Useful Medicinal Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
Feb Dec
Bulb
Balloonplant
Gomphocarpus fruticosus
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Dec
Shrub Perennial
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
Spotted Bloodlily
Haemanthus coccineus
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • orange
  • red
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb
Honey Everlasting
Helichrysum patulum
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
  • yellow
Dec
Ground cover Shrub
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Useful
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Useful Medicinal Edible
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • white
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Sea Rush
Juncus kraussii
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Useful
Near water In water
Sun
Soil: sandy
  • brown
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Aquatic Perennial
Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • green
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Cape Silver Tree
Leucadendron argenteum
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Useful Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov
Tree
African boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
  • purple
  • white
Shrub
Rockcandy Minimouth
Microloma sagittatum
  • Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Supports birds Supports sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Useful Edible Attractive
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • red
  • white
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
Climber
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
African Boxwood
Myrsine africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies
Hedge
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • pink
Sep Oct Nov
Shrub
Mountain Nerine
Nerine humilis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Shade Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • white
Feb Mar Apr May
Bulb
African Olive
Olea europaea africana
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Tree
Swamp Daisy
Osmitopsis asteriscoides
  • Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos
Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Useful Medicinal Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • white
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial
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
Common Gonna
Passerina corymbosa
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Easy to grow
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • red
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Common Reed
Phragmites australis
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful
Near water
Shade Sun Semi-shade
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
  • purple
Grass
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
Common Sugarbush
Protea repens
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • pink
  • red
  • white
Shrub
Lanceleaf Sage
Salvia lanceolata
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • pink
  • red
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub
Glossy Currantrhus
Searsia lucida
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow Hedge
Useful Edible Attractive
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • white
Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
Wild currant
Searsia tomentosa
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports bees
Good potplant
Hedge
Useful Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant
Sun Semi-shade
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • cream
  • yellow
Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Shrub Tree
Common Snakebush Complex
Seriphium plumosum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports birds Supports bees
Drought-resistant Good potplant
Easy to grow Fast-growing
Useful Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • brown
Jun Jul Aug
Ground cover Shrub
Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
Supports birds
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Useful Medicinal
Near water
Sun Semi-shade
Pioneer species
Soil: clay Soil: disturbed Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra
  • Egoli Granite Grassland
  • Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds
Easy to grow
Useful Attractive
Near water Rocky habitat
Sun Semi-shade
Climax species
Soil: clay Soil: sandy
  • green
  • yellow
Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
Perennial Grass
Red Root
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Supports bees
Useful Attractive
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • yellow
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Bulb Perennial

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