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Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
Sandrose Mallow Anisodontea scabrosa	Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos	Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Wind-resistant Good potplant Fast-growing Hedge Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink purple Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
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
Redstem Asparagus Asparagus rubicundus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Edible Fragrant Sun Semi-shade 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	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees 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	Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
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
Redleg Kolkol Berzelia abrotanoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Near water Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Christmas Berry Chironia baccifera	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	pink Dec Shrub
Shrub Goldilocks Chrysocoma coma-aurea	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Sun Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Fringe Stonecrop Crassula dejecta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink red white Feb Dec Ground cover Shrub
Flats Silkypuff Diastella proteoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	pink Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Scrambler
Common Scaly Sewejaartjie Edmondia sesamoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Drought-resistant Sun Soil: sandy	cream pink white yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Salt-and-Pepper Heath Erica imbricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Sun Soil: sandy	black white Shrub
Ninepin Heath Erica mammosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Attractive Near water Sun Soil: sandy	purple red white yellow Shrub
Macdonald Heath Erica turgida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	pink Dec Shrub
Whorl Heath Erica verticillata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Near water Sun Soil: clay Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink Feb Mar Apr May Shrub
Cape Snow Bush Eriocephalus africanus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Shrub
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
Balloonplant Gomphocarpus physocarpus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream white 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
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
Fat Dollsrose Hermannia hyssopifolia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam	cream yellow Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
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
Common Sunshine Conebush Leucadendron salignum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports 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	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees 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	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
Cape honey flower Melianthus major	Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Near water Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown purple Sep Oct Nov Shrub
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
Prickly Purplegorse Muraltia heisteria	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	purple white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 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
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
Strand Dottypea Otholobium bracteolatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac white Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec 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
Camphor Storksbill Pelargonium betulinum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Wind-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fast-growing Medicinal Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: sandy	pink purple white Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub Perennial
Wild Mallow Pelargonium cucullatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Fast-growing Medicinal Fragrant Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink white Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Red Mallow Pelargonium fulgidum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Edible Sun Soil: sandy	Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Succulent Shrub Scrambler
Branching Storksbill Pelargonium multicaule	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink purple Shrub
Water blossom pea Podalyria calyptrata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Satin bush Podalyria sericea	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Easy to grow Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Sweet Pea Shrub Polygala myrtifolia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Sun Semi-shade Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink purple Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Burchell's sugarbush Protea burchellii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees 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	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
Giant Bell Roella ciliata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Sun Soil: sandy	blue white Feb Dec 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
Crowberry Searsia crenata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Hedge Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	cream white Mar Apr May Shrub
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
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
Cluster Spiderhead Serruria glomerata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Sun Soil: sandy	cream white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub
Dozen Capespray Struthiola dodecandra	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Attractive Fragrant Near water Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	pink white Shrub
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	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	red Dec Succulent Shrub
Fire Paraseed Ursinia paleacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Shrub Perennial

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