Plant species - full list
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African Bent
Agrostis lachnantha |
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Rampant Baconfig
Aizoon sarmentosum |
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Soldier-in-a-box
Albuca canadensis |
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Slime Soldier-in-a-Box
Albuca flaccida |
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Rushleaf Tamarak
Albuca juncifolia |
Sunbirds | |||
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Soldier-in-a-box
Albuca maxima |
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Eastern Tree Aloe
Aloidendron barberae |
Succulent Tree | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Belladonna Lily
Amaryllis belladonna |
Bulb | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Sandrose Mallow
Anisodontea scabrosa |
Shrub | Bees Butterflies | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Tall Flowerseed
Anthospermum aethiopicum |
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Narrowleaf Waterblommetjie
Aponogeton angustifolius |
Bulb | Semi-shade Sun | In water Near water Soil: loam | |
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Cape-Pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos |
Bulb | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | In water Near water Soil: loam |
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Bear's-foot
Arctopus echinatus |
Bulb Perennial Perennial | Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula |
Bees Butterflies | |||
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African Capeblue
Aristea africana |
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Tall Capeblue
Aristea bakeri |
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Cusp Capeblue
Aristea cuspidata |
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Grey Capeblue
Aristea glauca |
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Longtip Capegorse
Aspalathus acuminata |
Bees | |||
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Spearleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus angustifolia |
Bees | |||
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Heart Capegorse
Aspalathus cordata |
Bees | |||
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Heathleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus ericifolia |
Bees | |||
| Aspalathus filicaulis | Bees | |||
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Bristle Capegorse
Aspalathus hispida |
Bees | |||
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Retro Capegorse
Aspalathus retroflexa |
Bees | |||
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Silky Capegorse
Aspalathus sericea |
Bees | |||
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Spiny Capegorse
Aspalathus spinosa |
Bees | |||
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Threes Capegorse
Aspalathus ternata |
Bees | |||
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Trident Capegorse
Aspalathus tridentata |
Bees | |||
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Cape Smilax
Asparagus asparagoides |
Scrambler Scrambler Shrub | Bees Birds | Semi-shade Shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis |
Bees | |||
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Weeping Asparagus
Asparagus declinatus |
Bees | |||
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Redstem Asparagus
Asparagus rubicundus |
Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Asparagus undulatus | Bees | |||
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Divided Kanniedood
Athanasia crithmifolia |
Shrub | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Three-tooth Kanniedood
Athanasia trifurcata |
Shrub | Bees Butterflies | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Bobbejaantjie
Babiana ambigua |
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Fragrant Bobbejaantjie
Babiana fragrans |
Bees Butterflies | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Scarlet Bobbejaantjie
Babiana villosa |
Bees | |||
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Beetle Lily
Baeometra uniflora |
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Blue Bushviolet
Barleria obtusa |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Butterflies Grazers/browsers | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Weed African Thistle
Berkheya rigida |
Bees | |||
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Redleg Kolkol
Berzelia abrotanoides |
Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Long Rushiris
Bobartia indica |
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Long Rushiris
Bobartia sp. |
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Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus |
Sun | In water Near water | ||
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Candelabra Lily
Brunsvigia orientalis |
Bulb Perennial Perennial | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Silvery Bryum
Bryum argenteum |
Moss Moss | Semi-shade Shade Sun | Near water Soil: sandy | |
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Common Kopieva
Bulbine alooides |
Bees | |||
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Leafless Kopieva
Bulbine favosa |
Bees | |||
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Threenerve Catstail
Bulbinella triquetra |
Bees | Soil: sandy | ||
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Common Grasslily
Caesia contorta |
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Stiff Capereed
Calopsis rigorata |
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| Campylopus sp. | ||||
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Late Goldfig
Carpanthea pomeridiana |
Annual Annual Succulent | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Sally-my-handsome
Carpobrotus acinaciformis |
Bees Monkey beetles | |||
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Sea Fig
Carpobrotus edulis |
Ground cover | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Devil'S Tresses
Cassytha ciliolata |
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Gotu Cola
Centella asiatica |
Near water | |||
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Largeseed Capepurse
Centella macrocarpa |
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Trident Capepurse
Centella tridentata |
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Cape Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium capense |
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Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum |
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Cobra Lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica |
Bulb | Birds Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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African flag
Chasmanthe floribunda |
Bulb | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Christmas Berry
Chironia baccifera |
Shrub | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
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Coastal Chiron
Chironia tetragona |
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| Chlorophytum rangei | ||||
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Naked Deckreed
Chondropetalum nudum |
Near water | |||
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Grey Bietou
Chrysanthemoides incana |
Bees | |||
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Cape Goldrush
Chrysitrix capensis |
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Shrub Goldilocks
Chrysocoma coma-aurea |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Shaggy Caperose
Cliffortia hirta |
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Dark Caperose
Cliffortia juniperina |
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Hairy Caperose
Cliffortia polygonifolia |
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Climbers Friend
Cliffortia ruscifolia |
Bees | |||
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Green Men-in-a-Boat
Colchicum eucomoides |
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Weedy Monkshood
Corycium orobanchoides |
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Cotula coronopifolia Group
Cotula coronopifolia |
Annual Annual | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Fine Marsh Buttons
Cotula filifolia |
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Cotula turbinata Group
Cotula turbinata |
Annual Annual | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Marsh Buttons
Cotula vulgaris |
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Pig's Ear
Cotyledon orbiculata |
Perennial Perennial Succulent | Bees Birds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Frill Stonecrop
Crassula ciliata |
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Scilly Pigmyweed
Crassula decumbens |
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Fringe Stonecrop
Crassula dejecta |
Ground cover Shrub | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Orange Stonecrop
Crassula glomerata |
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Floating Pigmyweed
Crassula natans |
Near water | |||
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Thunberg's Pigmyweed
Crassula thunbergiana |
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April-fool Parasol
Crossyne guttata |
Bulb | Butterflies | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Sandveld Rattlepod
Crotalaria excisa |
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Blue Ladieshand
Cyanella hyacinthoides |
Bulb | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Dobo Grass
Cymbopogon marginatus |
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Bermuda Grass
Cynodon dactylon |
Grass Ground cover Perennial Perennial | Grazers/browsers | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Sweet Galingale
Cyperus longus |
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| Cyperus mundtii | ||||
| Cyperus nitidus | ||||
| Cyperus sphaerospermus | ||||
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Mat Sedge
Cyperus textilis |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Bulb Baroe
Cyphia bulbosa |
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Bokkie Baroe
Cyphia digitata |
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Kambro Baroe
Cyphia incisa |
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Flats Silkypuff
Diastella proteoides |
Scrambler Scrambler Shrub | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
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Small Fortnight Lily
Dietes iridioides |
Bulb Perennial Perennial | Semi-shade Shade Sun | Soil: loam | |
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Rain Daisy
Dimorphotheca pluvialis |
Bees | |||
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Beard Disa
Disa barbata |
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Bract Disa
Disa bracteata |
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| Disa bracteata Sw. | ||||
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Ball Falseslugwort
Dischisma capitatum |
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Kappies
Disperis villosa |
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Sock Squill
Drimia filifolia |
Bulb | Butterflies | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay |
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Mini Squill
Drimia minor |
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Poppy-flowered Sundew
Drosera cistiflora |
Perennial Perennial | Sun | Near water Soil: sandy | |
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Sprawling Sundew
Drosera hilaris |
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Small Sundew
Drosera trinervia |
Carnivorous Carnivorous Perennial Perennial | Sun | Near water Soil: sandy | |
| Drosera trinervia Spreng. | Near water | |||
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Common Scaly Sewejaartjie
Edmondia sesamoides |
Shrub | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Perennial Veldtgrass
Ehrharta calycina |
Annual Annual Grass Perennial Perennial | Shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Panic Veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta |
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Longflower Veldtgrass
Ehrharta longiflora |
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Pipe Grass
Ehrharta villosa |
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Rough Goldreed
Elegia asperiflora |
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Naked Deckreed
Elegia nuda |
Restio | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Bum Deckreed
Elegia recta |
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Renosterbush
Elytropappus rhinocerotis |
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Plough Star
Empodium plicatum |
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis brizoides |
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Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis capensis |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Birds Grazers/browsers | Semi-shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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African Love Grass
Eragrostis curvula |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Birds Grazers/browsers | Sun | Rocky habitat |
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Common Spoonfig
Erepsia anceps |
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Rough Spoonfig
Erepsia aspera |
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Slender Spoonfig
Erepsia gracilis |
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Peninsula Heath complex
Erica abietina |
Butterflies Sunbirds | |||
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Purpletip Heath
Erica corifolia |
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Wind Heath
Erica hispidula |
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Salt-and-Pepper Heath
Erica imbricata |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Salt-and-Wind Heath
Erica lasciva |
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Ninepin Heath
Erica mammosa |
Shrub | Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Near water Soil: sandy |
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Wild pink
Erica margaritaceae |
Soil: sandy | |||
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Keyhole Heath
Erica mauritanica |
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Magenta-Box Heath
Erica multumbellifera |
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Stickyleaf Heath
Erica muscosa |
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Beauty Heath
Erica pulchella |
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| Erica simils | ||||
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Cup Heath
Erica subdivaricata |
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Sad Heath
Erica tristis |
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Macdonald Heath
Erica turgida |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Whorl Heath
Erica verticillata |
Shrub | Bees Butterflies Monkey beetles Sunbirds | Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Cape Snow Bush
Eriocephalus africanus |
Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Eriocephalus africanus var. africanus | Bees | |||
| Eriospermum cordiforme | ||||
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Assegaai Woolseed
Eriospermum lanceifolium |
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| Eriospermum pumilum | ||||
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Spiral Woolseed
Eriospermum spirale |
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Dune Gwarrie
Euclea racemosa |
Bees | |||
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Tuber Milkball
Euphorbia tuberosa |
Bulb Succulent | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Eustegia filiformis | ||||
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Dwarf Milkroof
Eustegia minuta |
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Pink Ear
Falkia repens |
Ground cover | Shade Sun | ||
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Fine Felicia
Felicia filifolia |
Perennial Perennial | Sun | ||
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Pureblue Felicia
Felicia heterophylla |
Bees Butterflies | Soil: sandy | ||
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Bristle Felicia
Felicia tenella |
Bees | |||
| Felicia tenella subsp. longifolia | Bees | |||
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Black Flag
Ferraria crispa |
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Bulbous Sedge
Ficinia bulbosa |
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Blackhead Clubrush
Ficinia capitella |
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| Ficinia dunensis | ||||
| Ficinia filiformis | ||||
| Ficinia india | ||||
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Indian Sedge
Ficinia indica |
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Knobby Clubrush
Ficinia nodosa |
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| Ficinia oligantha | ||||
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Hairy Hippo-Sedge
Fuirena hirsuta |
Near water | |||
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Coastal Galenia
Galenia pubescens |
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Cockscomb Gazania
Gazania pectinata |
Bees Monkey beetles | |||
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Blue-sequins
Geissorhiza aspera |
Bulb | Bees Monkey beetles | Semi-shade | Soil: sandy |
| Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt | ||||
| Geissorhiza geminata | ||||
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Gluey Satinflower
Geissorhiza hispidula |
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Cream Satin
Geissorhiza imbricata |
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| Geissorhiza Ixia | ||||
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Rush Satin
Geissorhiza juncea |
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| Geissorhiza maculata | ||||
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Carpet Crane'S-Bill
Geranium incanum |
Ground cover Perennial Perennial | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Bramakranka
Gethyllis afra |
Bulb | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Red Pypie
Gladiolus cunonius |
Sunbirds | |||
| Gladiolus quadrangulus | Bees | |||
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Wild gladiolus
Gladiolus undulatus |
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Yellow Capesaffron
Gnidia juniperifolia |
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Lax Capesaffron
Gnidia laxa |
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| Gnidia subulata | ||||
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Balloonplant
Gomphocarpus fruticosus |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Balloonplant
Gomphocarpus physocarpus |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Butterflies Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Gomphocarpus sp. | ||||
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Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
Shrub Tree | Birds Butterflies | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Spotted Bloodlily
Haemanthus coccineus |
Bulb | Bees Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Honey Everlasting
Helichrysum crispum |
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Fume Everlasting
Helichrysum cymosum |
Bees | |||
| Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum | Bees | |||
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Honey Everlasting
Helichrysum patulum |
Ground cover Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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African Sunspurge
Heliophila africana |
Bees Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Fairy-of-the-veld
Heliophila coronopifolia |
Annual Annual | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Dainty Sunspurge
Heliophila pusilla |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Helmet Sedge
Hellmuthia membranacea |
Near water | |||
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Monkey Yellowface
Hemimeris racemosa |
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Great Monkey-face
Hemimeris sabulosa |
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Wedge Dollsrose
Hermannia cuneifolia |
Bees | |||
| Hermannia diffusa | Bees | |||
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Fat Dollsrose
Hermannia hyssopifolia |
Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam |
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Geneesbossie
Hermannia multiflora |
Bees | |||
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Sickle Eveninglily
Hesperantha falcata |
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Tube Eveninglily
Hesperantha radiata |
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Cinnamon Sambreeltjie
Hessea cinnamomea |
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Hairy Thread Orchid
Holothrix villosa |
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| Holothrix villosa Lindl. | ||||
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Waternet
Hydrodictyon africanum |
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Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Butterflies Grazers/browsers | Semi-shade Sun | Rocky habitat Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cogon Grass
Imperata arundinacea |
Butterflies | Soil: sandy | ||
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Cogon Grass
Imperata cylindrica |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Birds | Semi-shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Brittle Indigo
Indigofera capillaris |
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Rose Indigo
Indigofera incana |
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Fountain Indigo
Indigofera psoraloides |
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Cape Quillwort
Isoetes capensis |
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Stellenbosch Quillwort
Isoetes stellenbossiensis |
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Green-and-red Isolepis
Isolepis bulbifera |
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Slender Clubrush
Isolepis cernua |
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| Isolepis hystrix | Near water | |||
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Tiny Flat-Sedge
Isolepis levynsiana |
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Common Annual Clubrush
Isolepis marginata |
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Budding Club-Rush
Isolepis prolifera |
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| Isolepis rubicunda | ||||
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Yellow Kalossie
Ixia dubia |
Bees | |||
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African corn lily
Ixia maculata |
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Pied Kalossie
Ixia monadelpha |
Near water | |||
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Tubular corn-lily
Ixia paniculata |
Near water | |||
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Strandveld Beachfig
Jordaaniella dubia |
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Toad rush
Juncus bufonius |
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Cape Rush
Juncus capensis |
Near water | |||
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Flats Annual Rush
Juncus cephalotes |
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| Juncus drageanus | ||||
| Juncus effusus | Sun | In water Near water | ||
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Sea Rush
Juncus kraussii |
Perennial Perennial | Sun | In water Near water Soil: sandy | |
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Matting Rush
Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii |
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Lax Rush
Juncus oxycarpus |
Sun | In water | ||
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Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
Tree | Bees Birds Butterflies | Semi-shade Shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Koeleria capensis | ||||
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Fourtone Viooltjie
Lachenalia aloides |
Bees Sunbirds | Soil: clay | ||
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Scented Viooltjie
Lachenalia arbuthnotiae |
Bees | |||
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Red Viooltjie
Lachenalia bulbifera |
Bulb | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Vlei Viooltjie
Lachenalia contaminata |
Bees | |||
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Fire Viooltjie
Lachenalia fistulosa |
Bulb | Bees | Sun | |
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Tinged Viooltjie
Lachenalia mediana |
Bees | |||
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Wild Viooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides |
Bulb | Bees | ||
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Yellow Soldier Viooltjie
Lachenalia reflexa |
Bulb | Bees Butterflies Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Banded Viooltjie
Lachenalia unifolia |
Bees | |||
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Spotty Viooltjie
Lachenalia variegata |
Bees | |||
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Grand Stripper
Lachnaea grandiflora |
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Orange Brightfig
Lampranthus aurantiacus |
Bees | |||
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Twocolour Brightfig
Lampranthus bicolor |
Succulent | Bees | Soil: sandy | |
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Spur Brighfig
Lampranthus calcaratus |
Bees | |||
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Clusterleaf Brightfig
Lampranthus emarginatus |
Bees | |||
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Threadleaf Brightfig
Lampranthus filicaulis |
Bees | |||
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Hairless Brightfig
Lampranthus glaucus |
Bees Monkey beetles | |||
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Creeping Brightfig
Lampranthus reptans |
Bees | |||
| Lampranthus stenus | Bees Monkey beetles | |||
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Mat-lampranthus
Lampranthus tegens |
Ground cover Succulent | Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam |
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Redmats
Laurembergia repens |
Near water | |||
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Small Ganna
Lebeckia plukenetiana |
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Fat Duckweed
Lemna gibba |
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Common Lionspaw
Leonotis leonurus |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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African Pepperwort
Lepidium africanum |
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Cancer Bush
Lessertia frutescens |
Shrub | Birds Butterflies Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Silver Tree
Leucadendron argenteum |
Tree | Bees Birds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Capeflats Conebush
Leucadendron levisanus |
Shrub | Bees Butterflies | Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Common Sunshine Conebush
Leucadendron salignum |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Tree Pincushion
Leucospermum conocarpodendron |
Bees Sunbirds | Soil: sandy | ||
| Lichtensteinia obscura | ||||
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Garden Lobelia
Lobelia erinus |
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Mini Lobelia
Lobelia quadrisepala |
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Slender Lobelia
Lobelia setacea |
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| Lotononis involucrata | ||||
| Lotononis oxyptera | ||||
| Lotononis parviflora | ||||
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Kraal Honey-Thorn
Lycium afrum |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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African boxthorn
Lycium ferocissimum |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Giant Sedge
Mariscus thunbergii |
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Cape honey flower
Melianthus major |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Semi-shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
| Merxmuellera cincta | ||||
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White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata |
Bees | Soil: sandy | ||
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Swordleaf Combflower
Micranthus alopecuroides |
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Needleleaf Combflower
Micranthus junceus |
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Rockcandy Minimouth
Microloma sagittatum |
Climber Climber | Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Devil Oneye
Monopsis debilis |
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Yellow Oneye
Monopsis lutea |
Bees | |||
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Simple Oneye
Monopsis simplex |
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| Moraea angusta | Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Blue-eyed moraea
Moraea aristata |
Bulb | Monkey beetles | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Cape Tulip
Moraea collina |
Bees Monkey beetles | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Sticky Sand Tulp
Moraea elsiae |
Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Great Tulip
Moraea flaccida |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Lunch Clockflower
Moraea fugacissima |
Monkey beetles | Near water Soil: clay | ||
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Sweet Tulp
Moraea fugax |
Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Crisp Tulp
Moraea gawleri |
Monkey beetles | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae |
Monkey beetles | Soil: clay | ||
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Crown Tulp
Moraea lugubris |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Two-leaved Cape tulip
Moraea miniata |
Bulb | Bees Butterflies Monkey beetles Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Poison Bulb
Moraea miniata Andrews |
Bees | |||
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Butterfly Uintjie
Moraea papilionacea |
Monkey beetles | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Vlei Clockflower
Moraea ramosissima |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Paper Glasstulp
Moraea setifolia |
Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Blue Uintjie
Moraea tripetala |
Bulb | Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Branch Threadstar
Moraea virgata |
Monkey beetles | Soil: clay | ||
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Tar Tulp
Moraea viscaria |
Monkey beetles | Soil: sandy | ||
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Dune Waxberry
Morella cordifolia |
Shrub | Bees Birds | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Oak Waxberry
Morella quercifolia |
Birds | |||
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Curlyhair Purplegorse
Muraltia demissa |
Bees | |||
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Heathleaf Purplegorse
Muraltia ericoides |
Bees | |||
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Thread Purplegorse
Muraltia filiformis |
Bees | |||
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Prickly Purplegorse
Muraltia heisteria |
Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Bigflower Purplegorse
Muraltia macropetala |
Bees | |||
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African Boxwood
Myrsine africana |
Shrub Tree | Birds | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Lionface
Nemesia affinis |
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Smooth Daggapit
Nenax acerosa |
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Mountain Nerine
Nerine humilis |
Bulb | Bees Butterflies | Semi-shade Shade | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Tortoise Berry
Nylandtia spinosa |
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African Wild Olive
Olea europaea africana |
Tree | Bees Birds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Pink Spikelily
Onixotis punctata |
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| Ornithogalum dregeanum | Near water | |||
| Ornithogalum fragrans | ||||
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Grass-leaved Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum juncifolium |
Bulb | Sun | ||
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Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides |
Bulb | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Sea Rose
Orphium frutescens |
Perennial Perennial | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Swamp Daisy
Osmitopsis asteriscoides |
Perennial Perennial | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Bietou
Osteospermum moniliferum |
Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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One-Eye Monster
Osteospermum monstrosum |
Annual Annual | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Strand Dottypea
Otholobium bracteolatum |
Shrub | Bees Butterflies | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Hairy Dottypea
Otholobium hirtum |
Bees | |||
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Carpet Dottypea
Otholobium virgatum |
Bees | |||
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Tree Babooncabbage
Othonna arborescens |
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Goat's-foot
Oxalis caprina |
Bees | |||
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Squashed Sorrel
Oxalis compressa |
Bees | |||
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Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis eckloniana |
Bees | |||
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Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis glabra |
Bees | |||
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Tropical woodsorrel
Oxalis hirta |
Bulb | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Blue Sorrel
Oxalis livida |
Bees | |||
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Golden Sorrel
Oxalis luteola |
Bees | |||
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Mini Sorrel
Oxalis minuta |
Bees | |||
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Oneleaf Sorrel
Oxalis monophylla |
Bees | |||
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Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis nidulans |
Bees | |||
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Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis obtusa |
Bees | |||
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Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae |
Bees | |||
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Creeping Woodsorrel
Oxalis purpurea |
Bulb Perennial Perennial | Bees | ||
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Early Sorrel
Oxalis pusilla |
Bees | |||
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Palmtree Sorrel
Oxalis tomentosa |
Bees | |||
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Multi-rectiverse Sorrels
Oxalis versicolor |
Bees | |||
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Common Gonna
Passerina corymbosa |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Water Capestar
Pauridia aquatica |
Bulb | Bees | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Stars
Pauridia capensis |
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Mini Capestar
Pauridia minuta |
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| Pelargonium anethifolium | ||||
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Various-Leaved Storksbills
Pelargonium auritum |
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Camphor Storksbill
Pelargonium betulinum |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Rose-Scented Geranium
Pelargonium capitatum |
Bees | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Wild Mallow
Pelargonium cucullatum |
Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Peninsula Hooded Storksbill
Pelargonium cucullatum tabulare |
Bees | |||
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Long Storksbill
Pelargonium elongatum |
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Red Mallow
Pelargonium fulgidum |
Scrambler Scrambler Shrub Succulent | Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Branching Storksbill
Pelargonium multicaule |
Shrub | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium |
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Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium myrrhifolium |
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Peninsula Hooded Storksbill
Pelargonium tabulare |
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Night-scented Pelargonium
Pelargonium triste |
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False Hairgrass
Pentameris airoides |
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Pale Fiveawn
Pentaschistis pallida |
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Slender Knotweed
Persicaria decipiens |
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Tall Spookasem
Pharnaceum elongatum |
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Cobweb Spookasem
Pharnaceum incanum |
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Drought Spookasem
Pharnaceum lineare |
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Common Reed
Phragmites australis |
Grass | Semi-shade Shade Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Dwarf Plantain
Plantago crassifolia |
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| Platycaulos c.f. compressus | ||||
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Petite-Licorice
Plecostachys serpyllifolia |
Ground cover Perennial Perennial Scrambler Scrambler | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Water blossom pea
Podalyria calyptrata |
Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: sandy |
| Podalyria montana | ||||
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Satin bush
Podalyria sericea |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Slender Falsepea
Polygala garcinii |
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Sweet Pea Shrub
Polygala myrtifolia |
Shrub | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Small Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus |
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Burchell's sugarbush
Protea burchellii |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Sugarbush
Protea repens |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium undulatum |
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Wing Fountainbush
Psoralea alata |
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Whorled Fountainbush
Psoralea ensifolia |
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Lax Fountainbush
Psoralea laxa |
Near water | |||
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Dally pine
Psoralea pinnata |
Tree | Bees | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum |
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Cowl Bonnet
Pterygodium catholicum |
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Bunchy flat-sedge
Pycreus polystachyos |
Near water | |||
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Pool Pegreed
Restio sabulosus |
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Giant Bell
Roella ciliata |
Shrub | Bees Monkey beetles | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Fineleaf Bell
Roella prostrata |
Bees | |||
| Romulea bulbifera | ||||
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Greenbract Froetang
Romulea flava |
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| Romulea grandiflora | ||||
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Shaggy Froetang
Romulea hirsuta |
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Slanting Froetang
Romulea obscura |
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Rosy sandcrocus
Romulea rosea |
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| Romulea sparaxis | ||||
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Table Froetang
Romulea tabularis |
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| Rumex lativalvis Meisn. | ||||
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Gem Tentfig
Ruschia geminiflora |
Bees | |||
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Beach Tentfig
Ruschia macowanii |
Bees | Soil: sandy | ||
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Redstem Tentfig
Ruschia rubricaulis |
Bees | |||
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African Blue Sage
Salvia africana-caerulea |
Bees | |||
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Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea |
Bees Butterflies Sunbirds | Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Lanceleaf Sage
Salvia lanceolata |
Shrub | Bees Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Glasswort
Sarcocornia capensis |
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| Sarcocornia cf. capensis | ||||
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Twohorn Satyre
Satyrium bicorne |
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Pink Satyre
Satyrium carneum |
Orchid Orchid | Bees Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Orange Satyre
Satyrium coriifolium |
Orchid Orchid | Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Scented Orchid
Satyrium odorum |
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Black Bog-Rush
Schoenus nigricans |
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| Scirpoides thubergii | ||||
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Willow Karee
Searsia angustifolia |
Bees | |||
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Crowberry
Searsia crenata |
Shrub | Bees Birds Butterflies | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Blue Kunibush
Searsia glauca |
Shrub Tree | Bees Birds Butterflies | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Dune Currantrhus
Searsia laevigata |
Bees | |||
| Searsia laevigata var. villosa | Bees | |||
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Glossy Currantrhus
Searsia lucida |
Shrub Tree | Bees Birds Butterflies | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Wild currant
Searsia tomentosa |
Shrub Tree | Bees | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Golden Yellowwort
Sebaea aurea |
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Yellow Starvation Ragwort
Senecio abruptus |
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Kill Ragwort
Senecio burchellii |
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Red-purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans |
Annual Annual | Bees Birds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Tobacco Ragwort
Senecio halimifolius |
Bees | |||
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Coast Ragwort
Senecio littoreus |
Annual Annual | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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Shoddy Ragwort
Senecio pterophorus |
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Ridgestem Ragwort
Senecio pubigerus |
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Purple Ragwort
Senecio purpureus |
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Hard Ragwort
Senecio rigidus |
Bees | |||
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Common Snakebush Complex
Seriphium plumosum |
Ground cover Shrub | Bees Birds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cluster Spiderhead
Serruria glomerata |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: sandy |
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African Catchfly
Silene burchellii |
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Butter Silklily
Sparaxis bulbifera |
Near water | |||
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Plain harlequin-flower
Sparaxis grandiflora |
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White Capestar
Spiloxene alba |
Monkey beetles | Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Water Capestar
Spiloxene aquatica |
Bees Monkey beetles | Near water Soil: sandy | ||
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Browneye Capestar
Spiloxene canaliculata |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Stars
Spiloxene capensis |
Monkey beetles | |||
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Pygmy Capestar
Spiloxene minuta |
Monkey beetles | |||
| Spiloxene ovata | Near water | |||
| Spiloxene schlechteri | Near water | |||
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Pure Gold Capestar
Spiloxene serrata |
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Parramatta Grass
Sporobolus africanus |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
| Sporobolus capensis | ||||
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Droopy Tasslereed
Staberoha cernua |
Restio | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
| Staberoha cf. cernua | ||||
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Cape grass
Staberoha cf. distachyos |
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Saint Augustine grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum |
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| Stentotaphrum familiatum | ||||
| Stentotaphrum secundatum | ||||
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Common Snakebush
Stoebe capitata |
Bees | |||
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Cone Snakebush
Stoebe fusca |
Bees | |||
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Fine Snowflake
Strumaria tenella |
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Dozen Capespray
Struthiola dodecandra |
Shrub | Bees | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Ribbed Capespray
Struthiola striata |
Shrub | Sun | Soil: sandy | |
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Cape Wire Grass
Tenaxia stricta |
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Soft Seacoral
Tetragonia herbacea |
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Sharp Veldrush
Tetraria cuspidata |
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Honey Tetrar
Tetraria sp. |
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Stipple Thatchreed
Thamnochortus punctatus |
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Kangaroo Grass
Themeda triandra |
Grass Perennial Perennial | Grazers/browsers | Semi-shade Sun | Soil: clay |
| Themeda triandra Forssk. | ||||
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Torch Rootthug
Thesium funale |
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Spike Rootthug
Thesium spicatum |
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Tall Rootthug
Thesium strictum |
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Common Capespinach
Trachyandra ciliata |
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Branch Capespinach
Trachyandra divaricata |
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Fine Capespinach
Trachyandra filiformis |
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Roughhair Capespinach
Trachyandra hirsutiflora |
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Fuzzy Capespinach
Trachyandra hispida |
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Rolling Capespinach
Trachyandra muricata |
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Fold Capespinach
Trachyandra revoluta |
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Common Capesedge
Trianoptiles capensis |
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Flats Capesedge
Trianoptiles solitaria |
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Common Hare Grass
Tribolium uniolae |
Grass | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy | |
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Puncture Vine
Tribulus terrestris |
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Two Tails—Three Fingers
Tridactyle bicaudata |
Epiphyte Epiphyte Orchid Orchid | Semi-shade Shade Sun | ||
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Bulb Arrowgrass
Triglochin bulbosa |
Near water | |||
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One-Eye Monster
Tripteris clandestina |
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Trumpet Garlic
Tulbaghia alliacea |
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Botterboom
Tylecodon paniculatus |
Shrub Succulent | Birds Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Bulrush
Typha capensis |
Grass | Birds | Sun | In water Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Star of the Veldt
Ursinia anthemoides |
Bees | |||
| Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides | Bees | |||
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Fire Paraseed
Ursinia paleacea |
Perennial Perennial Shrub | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Bladderwort
Utricularia bisquamata |
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| Utricularia bisquamata Schrank | ||||
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White Cudweed
Vellereophyton dealbatum |
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Small Mirrorface
Wachendorfia brachyandra |
Bulb | Bees | Sun | Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Common Butterflylily
Wachendorfia paniculata |
Bees | |||
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Red Root
Wachendorfia thyrsiflora |
Bulb Perennial Perennial | Bees | Sun | Near water Soil: loam Soil: sandy |
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Cape Bluebell
Wahlenbergia capensis |
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| Wahlenbergia fruticosa | ||||
| Wahlenbergia subulata | ||||
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Bugle-lily
Watsonia borbonica |
Bulb | Bees Sunbirds | Sun | Soil: clay Soil: sandy |
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Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana |
Sunbirds | Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy | ||
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Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana meriana |
Near water | |||
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Spectacular Watsonia
Watsonia spectabilis |
Sunbirds | Soil: clay | ||
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Water Softbell
Wimmerella secunda |
Near water | |||
| Wurmbea capensis | ||||
| Wurmbea spicata | ||||
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Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica |
Bees Birds | Near water |