Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

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9 species found
Name Vegetation type(s) Features Flowers & type
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
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
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
Pink Ear
Falkia repens
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Easy to grow
Shade Sun
  • white
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ground cover
Carpet Crane'S-Bill
Geranium incanum
  • Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
  • Elgin Shale Fynbos
Bees
Easy to grow
Attractive Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam Soil: sandy
  • mauve/lilac
Sep Oct Nov Dec
Ground cover Perennial
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
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
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
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

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