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Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
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
Sandrose Mallow Anisodontea scabrosa	Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Wind-resistant Fast-growing Hedge Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink purple Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Bear's-foot Arctopus echinatus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Near water Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Sep Oct Nov Bulb Perennial
Cape Smilax Asparagus asparagoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fragrant Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Scrambler Shrub
Redstem Asparagus Asparagus rubicundus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Edible Fragrant Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Shrub
Divided Kanniedood Athanasia crithmifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Easy to grow Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Dec Shrub
Three-tooth Kanniedood Athanasia trifurcata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Fragrant Bobbejaantjie Babiana fragrans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Edible Fragrant Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Blue Bushviolet Barleria obtusa	Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos	Butterflies Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Good garden plant Easy to grow Attractive Semi-shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland	mauve/lilac purple Feb Mar Apr May Perennial Shrub
Candelabra Lily Brunsvigia orientalis	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Sun Soil: sandy	red Feb Mar Apr May Bulb Perennial
Sally-my-handsome Carpobrotus acinaciformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Medicinal Pioneer species
Sea Fig Carpobrotus edulis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Edible Medicinal Useful Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Ground cover
African flag Chasmanthe floribunda	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Pig's Ear Cotyledon orbiculata	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Egoli Granite Grassland	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Good garden plant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland	orange red yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Perennial Succulent
Fringe Stonecrop Crassula dejecta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Semi-shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink red white Feb Dec Ground cover Shrub
Blue Ladieshand Cyanella hyacinthoides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Fragrant Useful 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 Witwatersrand	Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Grass Ground cover Perennial
Small Fortnight Lily Dietes iridioides	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good garden plant Easy to grow Medicinal Semi-shade Shade Sun Soil: loam Egoli Granite Grassland	white Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Bulb Perennial
Sock Squill Drimia filifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Semi-shade Sun Soil: clay	white Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Common Scaly Sewejaartjie Edmondia sesamoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Sun Soil: sandy	cream pink white yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Cape Snow Bush Eriocephalus africanus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Fragrant Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Shrub
Tuber Milkball Euphorbia tuberosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Semi-shade Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb Succulent
Common Spikethorn Gymnosporia buxifolia	Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Witwatersrand	Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Hedge Fragrant Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	cream green white Dec Shrub Tree
Honey Everlasting Helichrysum patulum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white yellow Dec Ground cover Shrub
Thatching Grass Hyparrhenia hirta	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Witwatersrand	Butterflies Grazers/browsers Drought-resistant Attractive Useful Rocky habitat Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	green white yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Wild Peach Kiggelaria africana	Egoli Granite Grassland Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Witwatersrand	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Useful Semi-shade Shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland Gauteng	cream green yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Tree
Yellow Soldier Viooltjie Lachenalia reflexa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Butterflies Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: sandy	yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Orange Brightfig Lampranthus aurantiacus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Good potplant
Hairless Brightfig Lampranthus glaucus	Atlantis Sand Fynbos Boland Granite Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Granite Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld	Bees Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow
Mat-lampranthus Lampranthus tegens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam	orange pink Dec Ground cover Succulent
Cancer Bush Lessertia frutescens	Egoli Granite Grassland Elgin Shale Fynbos	Birds Butterflies Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Medicinal Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy Egoli Granite Grassland	orange red Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Cape Silver Tree Leucadendron argenteum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Fragrant Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink yellow Sep Oct Nov Tree
Common Sunshine Conebush Leucadendron salignum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Hedge Attractive Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream orange pink red yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Kraal Honey-Thorn Lycium afrum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Hedge Attractive Sun Soil: clay Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac purple white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
African boxthorn Lycium ferocissimum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Edible Medicinal Useful Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac purple white Shrub
White bristle bush Metalasia muricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant Medicinal Pioneer species Soil: sandy
Rockcandy Minimouth Microloma sagittatum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Attractive Edible Useful Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink red white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Climber
Two-leaved Cape tulip Moraea miniata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Butterflies Monkey beetles Sunbirds 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	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	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Medicinal Useful Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	brown red yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Shrub
Prickly Purplegorse Muraltia heisteria	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Attractive Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	purple white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Mountain Nerine Nerine humilis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Useful Semi-shade Shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink white Feb Mar Apr May Bulb
Bietou Osteospermum moniliferum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Butterflies Monkey beetles Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Edible Medicinal Useful Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Shrub
Strand Dottypea Otholobium bracteolatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac white Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Camphor Storksbill Pelargonium betulinum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Good potplant Wind-resistant Easy to grow Fast-growing Attractive Fragrant Medicinal Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	pink purple white Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial Shrub
Rose-Scented Geranium Pelargonium capitatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fragrant Medicinal Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Wild Mallow Pelargonium cucullatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Birds Butterflies Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fast-growing Fragrant Medicinal Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink white Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Red Mallow Pelargonium fulgidum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Edible Sun Soil: sandy	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Scrambler Shrub Succulent
Night-scented Pelargonium Pelargonium triste	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good potplant Fragrant Medicinal
Petite-Licorice Plecostachys serpyllifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Useful Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown cream white yellow Feb Mar Apr May Ground cover Perennial Scrambler
Sweet Pea Shrub Polygala myrtifolia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink purple Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Burchell's sugarbush Protea burchellii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	black green pink Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Common Sugarbush Protea repens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Medicinal Useful Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream pink red white Shrub
African Blue Sage Salvia africana-caerulea	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant Medicinal
Brown Sage Salvia africana-lutea	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Butterflies Sunbirds Drought-resistant Fragrant Medicinal Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Lanceleaf Sage Salvia lanceolata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Fragrant Medicinal Useful Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink red Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Crowberry Searsia crenata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Semi-shade Sun Soil: sandy	cream white Mar Apr May Shrub
Blue Kunibush Searsia glauca	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green white Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Glossy Currantrhus Searsia lucida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Edible Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Tree
Red-purple Ragwort Senecio elegans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Easy to grow Attractive Edible Medicinal Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink purple white Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Common Snakebush Complex Seriphium plumosum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Bees Birds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fast-growing Edible Fragrant Medicinal Useful 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 Witwatersrand	Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Useful Semi-shade Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy Gauteng	green yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass Perennial
Ribbed Capespray Struthiola striata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Drought-resistant Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: sandy	cream Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Botterboom Tylecodon paniculatus	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Birds Sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	red Dec Shrub Succulent
Fire Paraseed Ursinia paleacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Perennial Shrub

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