Search results - Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

Name	Vegetation type(s)	Features	Flowers & type
African Bent Agrostis lachnantha	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Rampant Baconfig Aizoon sarmentosum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Soldier-in-a-box Albuca canadensis	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Slime Soldier-in-a-Box Albuca flaccida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Rushleaf Tamarak Albuca juncifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports sunbirds
Soldier-in-a-box Albuca maxima	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Eastern Tree Aloe Aloidendron barberae	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Easy to grow Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green orange pink Jun Jul Aug Succulent Tree
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	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
Tall Flowerseed Anthospermum aethiopicum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Narrowleaf Waterblommetjie Aponogeton angustifolius	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Good potplant Easy to grow Near water In water Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam	white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb Aquatic
Cape-Pondweed Aponogeton distachyos	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Easy to grow Fast-growing Edible Fragrant Near water In water Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam	white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Bulb Aquatic
Bear's-foot Arctopus echinatus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Near water Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Sep Oct Nov Bulb Perennial
Capeweed Arctotheca calendula	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports butterflies Supports bees Good for coastal areas Easy to grow Pioneer species
African Capeblue Aristea africana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Medicinal
Tall Capeblue Aristea bakeri	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cusp Capeblue Aristea cuspidata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Grey Capeblue Aristea glauca	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Longtip Capegorse Aspalathus acuminata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Spearleaf Capegorse Aspalathus angustifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Heart Capegorse Aspalathus cordata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Heathleaf Capegorse Aspalathus ericifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Aspalathus filicaulis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Bristle Capegorse Aspalathus hispida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees
Retro Capegorse Aspalathus retroflexa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Silky Capegorse Aspalathus sericea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Spiny Capegorse Aspalathus spinosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Threes Capegorse Aspalathus ternata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Trident Capegorse Aspalathus tridentata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Wild Asparagus Asparagus capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Edible Fragrant
Weeping Asparagus Asparagus declinatus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
Asparagus undulatus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
Common Bobbejaantjie Babiana ambigua	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Fragrant Bobbejaantjie Babiana fragrans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Edible Fragrant Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Scarlet Bobbejaantjie Babiana villosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant
Beetle Lily Baeometra uniflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
Weed African Thistle Berkheya rigida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Long Rushiris Bobartia indica	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Long Rushiris Bobartia sp.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Sea Clubrush Bolboschoenus maritimus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Useful Edible Near water In water Sun	Aquatic
Candelabra Lily Brunsvigia orientalis	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Sun Soil: sandy	red Feb Mar Apr May Bulb Perennial
Silvery Bryum Bryum argenteum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water Shade Sun Semi-shade Soil: sandy	Moss
Common Kopieva Bulbine alooides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant
Leafless Kopieva Bulbine favosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Fragrant
Threenerve Catstail Bulbinella triquetra	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Soil: sandy
Common Grasslily Caesia contorta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stiff Capereed Calopsis rigorata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Campylopus sp.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Late Goldfig Carpanthea pomeridiana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Fast-growing Edible Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Succulent Annual
Sally-my-handsome Carpobrotus acinaciformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Pioneer species
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
Devil'S Tresses Cassytha ciliolata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Gotu Cola Centella asiatica	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Largeseed Capepurse Centella macrocarpa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Trident Capepurse Centella tridentata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Mouse-ear Chickweed Cerastium capense	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed Cerastium glomeratum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cobra Lily Chasmanthe aethiopica	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange Jun Jul Aug Bulb
African flag Chasmanthe floribunda	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Christmas Berry Chironia baccifera	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	pink Dec Shrub
Coastal Chiron Chironia tetragona	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Chlorophytum rangei	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Naked Deckreed Chondropetalum nudum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Grey Bietou Chrysanthemoides incana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Cape Goldrush Chrysitrix capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Shrub Goldilocks Chrysocoma coma-aurea	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Sun Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Shrub
Shaggy Caperose Cliffortia hirta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Dark Caperose Cliffortia juniperina	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Hairy Caperose Cliffortia polygonifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Climbers Friend Cliffortia ruscifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Green Men-in-a-Boat Colchicum eucomoides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Weedy Monkshood Corycium orobanchoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Fine Marsh Buttons Cotula filifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cotula turbinata Group Cotula turbinata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Easy to grow Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Annual
Common Marsh Buttons Cotula vulgaris	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Pig'S Ear Cotyledon orbiculata	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange red yellow Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Succulent Perennial
Frill Stonecrop Crassula ciliata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant
Scilly Pigmyweed Crassula decumbens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
Orange Stonecrop Crassula glomerata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Good potplant Easy to grow
Floating Pigmyweed Crassula natans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Good potplant Near water
Thunberg's Pigmyweed Crassula thunbergiana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant
April-fool Parasol Crossyne guttata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports butterflies Good potplant Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	pink purple Mar Apr May Bulb
Sandveld Rattlepod Crotalaria excisa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Dobo Grass Cymbopogon marginatus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
Sweet Galingale Cyperus longus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cyperus mundtii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cyperus nitidus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cyperus sphaerospermus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Bulb Baroe Cyphia bulbosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Bokkie Baroe Cyphia digitata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Kambro Baroe Cyphia incisa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Small Fortnight Lily Dietes iridioides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Drought-resistant Wind-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Shade Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam	white Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec Bulb
Rain Daisy Dimorphotheca pluvialis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Beard Disa Disa barbata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Bract Disa Disa bracteata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Disa bracteata Sw.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ball Falseslugwort Dischisma capitatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Kappies Disperis villosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Sock Squill Drimia filifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports butterflies Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay	white Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Mini Squill Drimia minor	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Poppy-flowered Sundew Drosera cistiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Medicinal Near water Sun Soil: sandy	pink red white Sep Oct Nov Dec Perennial
Sprawling Sundew Drosera hilaris	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Small Sundew Drosera trinervia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant Medicinal Near water Sun Soil: sandy	white Dec Carnivorous Perennial
Drosera trinervia Spreng.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
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
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
Panic Veldtgrass Ehrharta erecta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Longflower Veldtgrass Ehrharta longiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pipe Grass Ehrharta villosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Rough Goldreed Elegia asperiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Naked Deckreed Elegia nuda	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	black brown Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Restio
Bum Deckreed Elegia recta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Renosterbush Elytropappus rhinocerotis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Plough Star Empodium plicatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Cape Love Grass Eragrostis brizoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
African love grass Eragrostis curvula	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Egoli Granite Grassland	Supports grazers/browsers Rocky habitat Pioneer species	green yellow Perennial Grass
Common Spoonfig Erepsia anceps	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Good potplant
Rough Spoonfig Erepsia aspera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Slender Spoonfig Erepsia gracilis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Heath complex Erica abietina	Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Good potplant Easy to grow
Purpletip Heath Erica corifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Wind Heath Erica hispidula	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Salt-and-Pepper Heath Erica imbricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Sun Soil: sandy	black white Shrub
Salt-and-Wind Heath Erica lasciva	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ninepin Heath Erica mammosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Attractive Near water Sun Soil: sandy	purple red white yellow Shrub
Wild pink Erica margaritaceae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Easy to grow Fragrant Soil: sandy
Keyhole Heath Erica mauritanica	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Magenta-Box Heath Erica multumbellifera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stickyleaf Heath Erica muscosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Beauty Heath Erica pulchella	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Erica simils	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cup Heath Erica subdivaricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Sad Heath Erica tristis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Eriocephalus africanus var. africanus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Eriospermum cordiforme	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Assegaai Woolseed Eriospermum lanceifolium	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Eriospermum pumilum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Spiral Woolseed Eriospermum spirale	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Dune Gwarrie Euclea racemosa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Tuber Milkball Euphorbia tuberosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	green yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Succulent Bulb
Eustegia filiformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Dwarf Milkroof Eustegia minuta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pink Ear Falkia repens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Easy to grow Shade Sun	white Sep Oct Nov Dec Ground cover
Fine Felicia Felicia filifolia	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Pureblue Felicia Felicia heterophylla	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports butterflies Supports bees Soil: sandy
Bristle Felicia Felicia tenella	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees
Felicia tenella subsp. longifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Black Flag Ferraria crispa	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Bulbous Sedge Ficinia bulbosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Blackhead Clubrush Ficinia capitella	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ficinia dunensis	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Ficinia filiformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ficinia india	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Indian Sedge Ficinia indica	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Knobby Clubrush Ficinia nodosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ficinia oligantha	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Hairy Hippo-Sedge Fuirena hirsuta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Coastal Galenia Galenia pubescens	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Cockscomb Gazania Gazania pectinata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees
Blue-sequins Geissorhiza aspera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Semi-shade Soil: sandy	blue mauve/lilac Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Geissorhiza geminata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Gluey Satinflower Geissorhiza hispidula	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cream Satin Geissorhiza imbricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Geissorhiza Ixia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Rush Satin Geissorhiza juncea	Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Geissorhiza maculata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Carpet Crane'S-Bill Geranium incanum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac Sep Oct Nov Dec Ground cover Perennial
Bramakranka Gethyllis afra	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant Useful Medicinal Fragrant Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Feb Dec Bulb
Red Pypie Gladiolus cunonius	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports sunbirds
Gladiolus quadrangulus	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees
Wild gladiolus Gladiolus undulatus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Yellow Capesaffron Gnidia juniperifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Lax Capesaffron Gnidia laxa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Gnidia subulata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Gomphocarpus sp.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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 crispum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fume Everlasting Helichrysum cymosum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
African Sunspurge Heliophila africana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Soil: sandy
Fairy-of-the-veld Heliophila coronopifolia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Easy to grow Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	blue yellow Sep Oct Nov Annual
Dainty Sunspurge Heliophila pusilla	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Helmet Sedge Hellmuthia membranacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Near water
Monkey Yellowface Hemimeris racemosa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Great Monkey-face Hemimeris sabulosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Wedge Dollsrose Hermannia cuneifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Hermannia diffusa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Geneesbossie Hermannia multiflora	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Sickle Eveninglily Hesperantha falcata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Tube Eveninglily Hesperantha radiata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cinnamon Sambreeltjie Hessea cinnamomea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Hairy Thread Orchid Holothrix villosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Holothrix villosa Lindl.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Waternet Hydrodictyon africanum	Elgin Shale Fynbos
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 arundinacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports butterflies Easy to grow Soil: sandy
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
Brittle Indigo Indigofera capillaris	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Rose Indigo Indigofera incana	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Fountain Indigo Indigofera psoraloides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Cape Quillwort Isoetes capensis	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Stellenbosch Quillwort Isoetes stellenbossiensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Green-and-red Isolepis Isolepis bulbifera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Slender Clubrush Isolepis cernua	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Isolepis hystrix	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Tiny Flat-Sedge Isolepis levynsiana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Common Annual Clubrush Isolepis marginata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Budding Club-Rush Isolepis prolifera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Isolepis rubicunda	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Yellow Kalossie Ixia dubia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
African corn lily Ixia maculata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pied Kalossie Ixia monadelpha	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Good potplant Fast-growing Near water
Tubular corn-lily Ixia paniculata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Strandveld Beachfig Jordaaniella dubia	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Toad rush Juncus bufonius	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape Rush Juncus capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Flats Annual Rush Juncus cephalotes	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Juncus drageanus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Juncus effusus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Sea Rush Juncus kraussii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Useful Near water In water Sun Soil: sandy	brown Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Aquatic Perennial
Matting Rush Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Lax Rush Juncus oxycarpus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Koeleria capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fourtone Viooltjie Lachenalia aloides	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports bees Soil: clay
Scented Viooltjie Lachenalia arbuthnotiae	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees
Red Viooltjie Lachenalia bulbifera	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange red Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Vlei Viooltjie Lachenalia contaminata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Fire Viooltjie Lachenalia fistulosa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Fragrant Sun Pioneer species	blue mauve/lilac red white yellow Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Bulb
Tinged Viooltjie Lachenalia mediana	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Wild Viooltjie Lachenalia orchioides	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Fragrant	blue cream green mauve/lilac pink purple white yellow Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Yellow Soldier Viooltjie Lachenalia reflexa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: sandy	yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Banded Viooltjie Lachenalia unifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Spotty Viooltjie Lachenalia variegata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Grand Stripper Lachnaea grandiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Orange Brightfig Lampranthus aurantiacus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Good potplant
Twocolour Brightfig Lampranthus bicolor	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Soil: sandy	orange red Succulent
Spur Brighfig Lampranthus calcaratus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant
Clusterleaf Brightfig Lampranthus emarginatus	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant
Threadleaf Brightfig Lampranthus filicaulis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees 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	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow
Creeping Brightfig Lampranthus reptans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow
Lampranthus stenus	Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Good potplant
Mat-lampranthus Lampranthus tegens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam	orange pink Dec Succulent Ground cover
Redmats Laurembergia repens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Small Ganna Lebeckia plukenetiana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fat Duckweed Lemna gibba	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
African Pepperwort Lepidium africanum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
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
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
Tree Pincushion Leucospermum conocarpodendron	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports bees Medicinal Soil: sandy
Lichtensteinia obscura	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Garden Lobelia Lobelia erinus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Mini Lobelia Lobelia quadrisepala	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Slender Lobelia Lobelia setacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Lotononis involucrata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Lotononis oxyptera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Lotononis parviflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Giant Sedge Mariscus thunbergii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
Merxmuellera cincta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
White bristle bush Metalasia muricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Fragrant Pioneer species Soil: sandy
Swordleaf Combflower Micranthus alopecuroides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Needleleaf Combflower Micranthus junceus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
Devil Oneye Monopsis debilis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Yellow Oneye Monopsis lutea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Simple Oneye Monopsis simplex	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Moraea angusta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Fragrant Soil: sandy
Blue-eyed moraea Moraea aristata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Good potplant Easy to grow Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: sandy	blue white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Cape Tulip Moraea collina	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Sticky Sand Tulp Moraea elsiae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Soil: sandy
Great Tulip Moraea flaccida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles
Lunch Clockflower Moraea fugacissima	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Fragrant Near water Soil: clay
Sweet Tulp Moraea fugax	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Fragrant Soil: sandy
Crisp Tulp Moraea gawleri	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Ostrich Threadstar Moraea lewisiae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Ostrich Threadstar Moraea lewisiae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Fragrant Soil: clay
Crown Tulp Moraea lugubris	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Two-leaved Cape tulip Moraea miniata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	orange pink yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Poison Bulb Moraea miniata Andrews	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Butterfly Uintjie Moraea papilionacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Fragrant Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Vlei Clockflower Moraea ramosissima	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Paper Glasstulp Moraea setifolia	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Soil: sandy
Blue Uintjie Moraea tripetala	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Sun Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	blue mauve/lilac purple Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Branch Threadstar Moraea virgata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports monkey beetles Soil: clay
Tar Tulp Moraea viscaria	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Good for coastal areas Fragrant Soil: sandy
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
Oak Waxberry Morella quercifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports birds Medicinal
Curlyhair Purplegorse Muraltia demissa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Heathleaf Purplegorse Muraltia ericoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Thread Purplegorse Muraltia filiformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Bigflower Purplegorse Muraltia macropetala	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Common Lionface Nemesia affinis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Smooth Daggapit Nenax acerosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Tortoise Berry Nylandtia spinosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Pink Spikelily Onixotis punctata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Ornithogalum dregeanum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Ornithogalum fragrans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Grass-leaved Chincherinchee Ornithogalum juncifolium	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Chincherinchee Ornithogalum thyrsoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Attractive Sun Pioneer species Soil: sandy	white Dec Bulb
Sea Rose Orphium frutescens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Near water Sun Semi-shade Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink purple white Feb Dec Perennial
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
One-Eye Monster Osteospermum monstrosum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Easy to grow Attractive Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
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
Hairy Dottypea Otholobium hirtum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Carpet Dottypea Otholobium virgatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Tree Babooncabbage Othonna arborescens	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Goat's-foot Oxalis caprina	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Squashed Sorrel Oxalis compressa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels Oxalis eckloniana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Yelloweye Woodsorrel Oxalis glabra	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Tropical woodsorrel Oxalis hirta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant Attractive Sun Semi-shade Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink purple white yellow Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Bulb
Blue Sorrel Oxalis livida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Golden Sorrel Oxalis luteola	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Mini Sorrel Oxalis minuta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Oneleaf Sorrel Oxalis monophylla	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels Oxalis nidulans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Yelloweye Woodsorrel Oxalis obtusa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Bermuda buttercup Oxalis pes-caprae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Creeping Woodsorrel Oxalis purpurea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow	mauve/lilac pink purple white Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Bulb Perennial
Early Sorrel Oxalis pusilla	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Palmtree Sorrel Oxalis tomentosa	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Multi-rectiverse Sorrels Oxalis versicolor	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
Water Capestar Pauridia aquatica	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Fragrant Near water Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	white Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Bulb
Stars Pauridia capensis	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Mini Capestar Pauridia minuta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pelargonium anethifolium	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Various-Leaved Storksbills Pelargonium auritum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Rose-Scented Geranium Pelargonium capitatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Drought-resistant Good potplant Easy to grow Medicinal Fragrant Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: sandy
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
Peninsula Hooded Storksbill Pelargonium cucullatum tabulare	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Long Storksbill Pelargonium elongatum	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
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
Myrrhleaf Storksbill Pelargonium myrrhifolium	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Myrrhleaf Storksbill Pelargonium myrrhifolium myrrhifolium	Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Peninsula Hooded Storksbill Pelargonium tabulare	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Night-scented Pelargonium Pelargonium triste	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Drought-resistant Good potplant Medicinal Fragrant
False Hairgrass Pentameris airoides	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Pale Fiveawn Pentaschistis pallida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Slender Knotweed Persicaria decipiens	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Tall Spookasem Pharnaceum elongatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cobweb Spookasem Pharnaceum incanum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Drought Spookasem Pharnaceum lineare	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Dwarf Plantain Plantago crassifolia	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Platycaulos c.f. compressus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
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
Podalyria montana	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Slender Falsepea Polygala garcinii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Small Pondweed Potamogeton pusillus	Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
Cape Cudweed Pseudognaphalium undulatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Wing Fountainbush Psoralea alata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Whorled Fountainbush Psoralea ensifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Lax Fountainbush Psoralea laxa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Dally pine Psoralea pinnata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees Easy to grow Fragrant Near water Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	purple Mar Apr May Dec Tree
Common Bracken Pteridium aquilinum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cowl Bonnet Pterygodium catholicum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Bunchy flat-sedge Pycreus polystachyos	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Pool Pegreed Restio sabulosus	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Giant Bell Roella ciliata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Sun Soil: sandy	blue white Feb Dec Shrub
Fineleaf Bell Roella prostrata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Romulea bulbifera	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Greenbract Froetang Romulea flava	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Romulea grandiflora	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Shaggy Froetang Romulea hirsuta	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Slanting Froetang Romulea obscura	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Rosy sandcrocus Romulea rosea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Romulea sparaxis	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Table Froetang Romulea tabularis	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Rumex lativalvis Meisn.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Gem Tentfig Ruschia geminiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Beach Tentfig Ruschia macowanii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Soil: sandy
Redstem Tentfig Ruschia rubricaulis	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Good potplant
African Blue Sage Salvia africana-caerulea	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Fragrant
Brown Sage Salvia africana-lutea	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees Drought-resistant Medicinal Fragrant Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: sandy
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
Cape Glasswort Sarcocornia capensis	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Sarcocornia cf. capensis	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Twohorn Satyre Satyrium bicorne	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Pink Satyre Satyrium carneum	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports sunbirds Supports bees Good potplant Sun Soil: sandy	pink white Sep Oct Nov Dec Orchid
Orange Satyre Satyrium coriifolium	Cape Flats Dune Strandveld	Supports birds Supports sunbirds Good potplant Attractive Near water Sun Soil: clay Soil: sandy	orange yellow Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Orchid
Scented Orchid Satyrium odorum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Black Bog-Rush Schoenus nigricans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
Scirpoides thubergii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Willow Karee Searsia angustifolia	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
Dune Currantrhus Searsia laevigata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Searsia laevigata var. villosa	Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
Golden Yellowwort Sebaea aurea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Yellow Starvation Ragwort Senecio abruptus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Kill Ragwort Senecio burchellii	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Red-purple Ragwort Senecio elegans	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports birds Supports bees Drought-resistant Easy to grow Medicinal Edible Attractive Sun Pioneer species Soil: loam Soil: sandy	mauve/lilac pink purple white Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Tobacco Ragwort Senecio halimifolius	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Coast Ragwort Senecio littoreus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports bees Good potplant Easy to grow Sun Soil: sandy	yellow Sep Oct Nov Dec Annual
Shoddy Ragwort Senecio pterophorus	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Ridgestem Ragwort Senecio pubigerus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Purple Ragwort Senecio purpureus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Hard Ragwort Senecio rigidus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
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
African Catchfly Silene burchellii	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Butter Silklily Sparaxis bulbifera	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos	Near water
Plain harlequin-flower Sparaxis grandiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
White Capestar Spiloxene alba	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Near water Soil: clay Soil: sandy
Water Capestar Spiloxene aquatica	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles Supports bees Fragrant Near water Soil: sandy
Browneye Capestar Spiloxene canaliculata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Stars Spiloxene capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Pygmy Capestar Spiloxene minuta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports monkey beetles
Spiloxene ovata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Spiloxene schlechteri	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
Pure Gold Capestar Spiloxene serrata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Sporobolus capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Droopy Tasslereed Staberoha cernua	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Attractive Sun Soil: sandy	brown Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec Restio
Staberoha cf. cernua	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Cape grass Staberoha cf. distachyos	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Saint Augustine grass Stenotaphrum secundatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stentotaphrum familiatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stentotaphrum secundatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Common Snakebush Stoebe capitata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Cone Snakebush Stoebe fusca	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Supports bees
Fine Snowflake Strumaria tenella	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Cape Wire Grass Tenaxia stricta	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Soft Seacoral Tetragonia herbacea	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Sharp Veldrush Tetraria cuspidata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Honey Tetrar Tetraria sp.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Stipple Thatchreed Thamnochortus punctatus	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Themeda triandra Forssk.	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Torch Rootthug Thesium funale	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Spike Rootthug Thesium spicatum	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Tall Rootthug Thesium strictum	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Common Capespinach Trachyandra ciliata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Branch Capespinach Trachyandra divaricata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fine Capespinach Trachyandra filiformis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Roughhair Capespinach Trachyandra hirsutiflora	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Fuzzy Capespinach Trachyandra hispida	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Rolling Capespinach Trachyandra muricata	Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Fold Capespinach Trachyandra revoluta	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Common Capesedge Trianoptiles capensis	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Flats Capesedge Trianoptiles solitaria	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Common Hare Grass Tribolium uniolae	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Attractive Sun Pioneer species Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy	cream green Sep Oct Nov Dec Grass
Puncture Vine Tribulus terrestris	Elgin Shale Fynbos
Two Tails—Three Fingers Tridactyle bicaudata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Fragrant Shade Sun Semi-shade	brown yellow Feb Dec Epiphyte Orchid
Bulb Arrowgrass Triglochin bulbosa	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos	Near water
One-Eye Monster Tripteris clandestina	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Trumpet Garlic Tulbaghia alliacea	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Cape Bulrush Typha capensis	Elgin Shale Fynbos	Supports birds Easy to grow Medicinal Near water In water Sun Soil: loam Soil: sandy	brown yellow Feb Aquatic Grass
Star of the Veldt Ursinia anthemoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld	Supports bees
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
Cape Bladderwort Utricularia bisquamata	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Utricularia bisquamata Schrank	Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

African Bent
Agrostis lachnantha

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Rampant Baconfig
Aizoon sarmentosum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Soldier-in-a-box
Albuca canadensis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Slime Soldier-in-a-Box
Albuca flaccida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Rushleaf Tamarak
Albuca juncifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports sunbirds

Soldier-in-a-box
Albuca maxima

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Eastern Tree Aloe
Aloidendron barberae

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Easy to grow

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

green
orange
pink

Jun Jul Aug

Succulent Tree

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

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

Tall Flowerseed
Anthospermum aethiopicum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Narrowleaf Waterblommetjie
Aponogeton angustifolius

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Near water In water

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam

white

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb Aquatic

Cape-Pondweed
Aponogeton distachyos

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Easy to grow Fast-growing

Edible Fragrant

Near water In water

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam

white

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb Aquatic

Bear's-foot
Arctopus echinatus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Near water

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

white

Sep Oct Nov

Bulb Perennial

Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports butterflies Supports bees

Good for coastal areas

Easy to grow

Pioneer species

African Capeblue
Aristea africana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Medicinal

Tall Capeblue
Aristea bakeri

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cusp Capeblue
Aristea cuspidata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Grey Capeblue
Aristea glauca

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Longtip Capegorse
Aspalathus acuminata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Spearleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus angustifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Heart Capegorse
Aspalathus cordata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Heathleaf Capegorse
Aspalathus ericifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Aspalathus filicaulis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Bristle Capegorse
Aspalathus hispida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Retro Capegorse
Aspalathus retroflexa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Silky Capegorse
Aspalathus sericea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Spiny Capegorse
Aspalathus spinosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Threes Capegorse
Aspalathus ternata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Trident Capegorse
Aspalathus tridentata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Edible Fragrant

Weeping Asparagus
Asparagus declinatus

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

Asparagus undulatus

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

Common Bobbejaantjie
Babiana ambigua

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Fragrant Bobbejaantjie
Babiana fragrans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports butterflies Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Edible Fragrant

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Scarlet Bobbejaantjie
Babiana villosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Beetle Lily
Baeometra uniflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

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

Weed African Thistle
Berkheya rigida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Long Rushiris
Bobartia indica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Long Rushiris
Bobartia sp.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Sea Clubrush
Bolboschoenus maritimus

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Useful Edible

Near water In water

Sun

Aquatic

Candelabra Lily
Brunsvigia orientalis

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Sun

Soil: sandy

red

Feb Mar Apr May

Bulb Perennial

Silvery Bryum
Bryum argenteum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Shade Sun Semi-shade

Soil: sandy

Moss

Common Kopieva
Bulbine alooides

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Leafless Kopieva
Bulbine favosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Fragrant

Threenerve Catstail
Bulbinella triquetra

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Soil: sandy

Common Grasslily
Caesia contorta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Stiff Capereed
Calopsis rigorata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Campylopus sp.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Late Goldfig
Carpanthea pomeridiana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow Fast-growing

Edible Attractive

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

yellow

Sep Oct Nov

Succulent Annual

Sally-my-handsome
Carpobrotus acinaciformis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Edible

Pioneer species

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

Devil'S Tresses
Cassytha ciliolata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Gotu Cola
Centella asiatica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Largeseed Capepurse
Centella macrocarpa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Trident Capepurse
Centella tridentata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cape Mouse-ear Chickweed
Cerastium capense

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Sticky mouse-ear chickweed
Cerastium glomeratum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cobra Lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports birds Supports sunbirds

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

orange

Jun Jul Aug

Bulb

African flag
Chasmanthe floribunda

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

orange
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Christmas Berry
Chironia baccifera

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun

Soil: sandy

pink

Dec

Shrub

Coastal Chiron
Chironia tetragona

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Chlorophytum rangei

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Naked Deckreed
Chondropetalum nudum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Grey Bietou
Chrysanthemoides incana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Cape Goldrush
Chrysitrix capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Shrub Goldilocks
Chrysocoma coma-aurea

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Sun

Soil: sandy

yellow

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Shrub

Shaggy Caperose
Cliffortia hirta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Dark Caperose
Cliffortia juniperina

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Hairy Caperose
Cliffortia polygonifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Climbers Friend
Cliffortia ruscifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Green Men-in-a-Boat
Colchicum eucomoides

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Weedy Monkshood
Corycium orobanchoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Fine Marsh Buttons
Cotula filifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cotula turbinata Group
Cotula turbinata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Easy to grow

Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

white
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Annual

Common Marsh Buttons
Cotula vulgaris

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Pig'S Ear
Cotyledon orbiculata

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld

Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

orange
red
yellow

Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Succulent Perennial

Frill Stonecrop
Crassula ciliata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Good potplant

Scilly Pigmyweed
Crassula decumbens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

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

Orange Stonecrop
Crassula glomerata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Floating Pigmyweed
Crassula natans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Good potplant

Near water

Thunberg's Pigmyweed
Crassula thunbergiana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Good potplant

April-fool Parasol
Crossyne guttata

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports butterflies

Good potplant

Attractive

Sun

Soil: sandy

pink
purple

Mar Apr May

Bulb

Sandveld Rattlepod
Crotalaria excisa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Dobo Grass
Cymbopogon marginatus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

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

Sweet Galingale
Cyperus longus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cyperus mundtii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cyperus nitidus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cyperus sphaerospermus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Bulb Baroe
Cyphia bulbosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Bokkie Baroe
Cyphia digitata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Kambro Baroe
Cyphia incisa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Small Fortnight Lily
Dietes iridioides

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Drought-resistant Wind-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal

Shade Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam

white

Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb

Rain Daisy
Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Beard Disa
Disa barbata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Bract Disa
Disa bracteata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Disa bracteata Sw.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ball Falseslugwort
Dischisma capitatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Kappies
Disperis villosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Sock Squill
Drimia filifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports butterflies

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Attractive Fragrant

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay

white

Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Mini Squill
Drimia minor

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Poppy-flowered Sundew
Drosera cistiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Medicinal

Near water

Sun

Soil: sandy

pink
red
white

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Perennial

Sprawling Sundew
Drosera hilaris

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Small Sundew
Drosera trinervia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Good potplant

Medicinal

Near water

Sun

Soil: sandy

white

Dec

Carnivorous Perennial

Drosera trinervia Spreng.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

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

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

Panic Veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Longflower Veldtgrass
Ehrharta longiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Pipe Grass
Ehrharta villosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Rough Goldreed
Elegia asperiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Naked Deckreed
Elegia nuda

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

black
brown

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Restio

Bum Deckreed
Elegia recta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Renosterbush
Elytropappus rhinocerotis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Plough Star
Empodium plicatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Cape Love Grass
Eragrostis brizoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

African love grass
Eragrostis curvula

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Egoli Granite Grassland

Supports grazers/browsers

Rocky habitat

Pioneer species

green
yellow

Perennial Grass

Common Spoonfig
Erepsia anceps

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Good potplant

Rough Spoonfig
Erepsia aspera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Slender Spoonfig
Erepsia gracilis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Peninsula Heath complex
Erica abietina

Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Purpletip Heath
Erica corifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wind Heath
Erica hispidula

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Salt-and-Pepper Heath
Erica imbricata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Sun

Soil: sandy

black
white

Shrub

Salt-and-Wind Heath
Erica lasciva

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ninepin Heath
Erica mammosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports birds Supports sunbirds

Attractive

Near water

Sun

Soil: sandy

purple
red
white
yellow

Shrub

Wild pink
Erica margaritaceae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Easy to grow

Fragrant

Soil: sandy

Keyhole Heath
Erica mauritanica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Magenta-Box Heath
Erica multumbellifera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Stickyleaf Heath
Erica muscosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Beauty Heath
Erica pulchella

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Erica simils

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cup Heath
Erica subdivaricata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Sad Heath
Erica tristis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Eriocephalus africanus var. africanus

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Eriospermum cordiforme

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Assegaai Woolseed
Eriospermum lanceifolium

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Eriospermum pumilum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Spiral Woolseed
Eriospermum spirale

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Dune Gwarrie
Euclea racemosa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Tuber Milkball
Euphorbia tuberosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

green
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Succulent Bulb

Eustegia filiformis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Dwarf Milkroof
Eustegia minuta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Pink Ear
Falkia repens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Easy to grow

Shade Sun

white

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Ground cover

Fine Felicia
Felicia filifolia

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Swartland Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Pureblue Felicia
Felicia heterophylla

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports butterflies Supports bees

Soil: sandy

Bristle Felicia
Felicia tenella

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Felicia tenella subsp. longifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Black Flag
Ferraria crispa

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Bulbous Sedge
Ficinia bulbosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Blackhead Clubrush
Ficinia capitella

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ficinia dunensis

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Ficinia filiformis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ficinia india

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Indian Sedge
Ficinia indica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Knobby Clubrush
Ficinia nodosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ficinia oligantha

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Hairy Hippo-Sedge
Fuirena hirsuta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Coastal Galenia
Galenia pubescens

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Cockscomb Gazania
Gazania pectinata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Blue-sequins
Geissorhiza aspera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Semi-shade

Soil: sandy

blue
mauve/lilac

Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Geissorhiza geminata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Gluey Satinflower
Geissorhiza hispidula

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cream Satin
Geissorhiza imbricata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Geissorhiza Ixia

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Rush Satin
Geissorhiza juncea

Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Geissorhiza maculata

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Carpet Crane'S-Bill
Geranium incanum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

mauve/lilac

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Ground cover Perennial

Bramakranka
Gethyllis afra

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Good potplant

Useful Medicinal Fragrant

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

white

Feb Dec

Bulb

Red Pypie
Gladiolus cunonius

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld

Supports sunbirds

Gladiolus quadrangulus

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Wild gladiolus
Gladiolus undulatus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Yellow Capesaffron
Gnidia juniperifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Lax Capesaffron
Gnidia laxa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Gnidia subulata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Gomphocarpus sp.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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 crispum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fume Everlasting
Helichrysum cymosum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

African Sunspurge
Heliophila africana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Soil: sandy

Fairy-of-the-veld
Heliophila coronopifolia

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

blue
yellow

Sep Oct Nov

Annual

Dainty Sunspurge
Heliophila pusilla

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Helmet Sedge
Hellmuthia membranacea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Near water

Monkey Yellowface
Hemimeris racemosa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Great Monkey-face
Hemimeris sabulosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wedge Dollsrose
Hermannia cuneifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Hermannia diffusa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Geneesbossie
Hermannia multiflora

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Sickle Eveninglily
Hesperantha falcata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Tube Eveninglily
Hesperantha radiata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cinnamon Sambreeltjie
Hessea cinnamomea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Hairy Thread Orchid
Holothrix villosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Holothrix villosa Lindl.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Waternet
Hydrodictyon africanum

Elgin Shale Fynbos

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 arundinacea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports butterflies

Easy to grow

Soil: sandy

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

Brittle Indigo
Indigofera capillaris

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Rose Indigo
Indigofera incana

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Fountain Indigo
Indigofera psoraloides

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Cape Quillwort
Isoetes capensis

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Stellenbosch Quillwort
Isoetes stellenbossiensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Green-and-red Isolepis
Isolepis bulbifera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Slender Clubrush
Isolepis cernua

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Isolepis hystrix

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Tiny Flat-Sedge
Isolepis levynsiana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Common Annual Clubrush
Isolepis marginata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Budding Club-Rush
Isolepis prolifera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Isolepis rubicunda

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Yellow Kalossie
Ixia dubia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

African corn lily
Ixia maculata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Pied Kalossie
Ixia monadelpha

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Good potplant

Fast-growing

Near water

Tubular corn-lily
Ixia paniculata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Strandveld Beachfig
Jordaaniella dubia

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Toad rush
Juncus bufonius

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cape Rush
Juncus capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Flats Annual Rush
Juncus cephalotes

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Juncus drageanus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Juncus effusus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Sea Rush
Juncus kraussii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Useful

Near water In water

Sun

Soil: sandy

brown

Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec

Aquatic Perennial

Matting Rush
Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Lax Rush
Juncus oxycarpus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Koeleria capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fourtone Viooltjie
Lachenalia aloides

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Soil: clay

Scented Viooltjie
Lachenalia arbuthnotiae

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Red Viooltjie
Lachenalia bulbifera

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld

Supports birds Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

orange
red

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Vlei Viooltjie
Lachenalia contaminata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Fire Viooltjie
Lachenalia fistulosa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Fragrant

Sun

Pioneer species

blue
mauve/lilac
red
white
yellow

Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb

Tinged Viooltjie
Lachenalia mediana

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Wild Viooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Attractive Fragrant

blue
cream
green
mauve/lilac
pink
purple
white
yellow

Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Yellow Soldier Viooltjie
Lachenalia reflexa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: sandy

yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Banded Viooltjie
Lachenalia unifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Spotty Viooltjie
Lachenalia variegata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Grand Stripper
Lachnaea grandiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Orange Brightfig
Lampranthus aurantiacus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Good potplant

Twocolour Brightfig
Lampranthus bicolor

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Soil: sandy

orange
red

Succulent

Spur Brighfig
Lampranthus calcaratus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Clusterleaf Brightfig
Lampranthus emarginatus

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Threadleaf Brightfig
Lampranthus filicaulis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Creeping Brightfig
Lampranthus reptans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Lampranthus stenus

Atlantis Sand Fynbos
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Hangklip Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Good potplant

Mat-lampranthus
Lampranthus tegens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: loam

orange
pink

Dec

Succulent Ground cover

Redmats
Laurembergia repens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Small Ganna
Lebeckia plukenetiana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fat Duckweed
Lemna gibba

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

African Pepperwort
Lepidium africanum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

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

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

Tree Pincushion
Leucospermum conocarpodendron

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Medicinal

Soil: sandy

Lichtensteinia obscura

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Garden Lobelia
Lobelia erinus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Mini Lobelia
Lobelia quadrisepala

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Slender Lobelia
Lobelia setacea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Lotononis involucrata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Lotononis oxyptera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Lotononis parviflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Giant Sedge
Mariscus thunbergii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

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

Merxmuellera cincta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

White bristle bush
Metalasia muricata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Edible Fragrant

Pioneer species

Soil: sandy

Swordleaf Combflower
Micranthus alopecuroides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Needleleaf Combflower
Micranthus junceus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

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

Devil Oneye
Monopsis debilis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Yellow Oneye
Monopsis lutea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Simple Oneye
Monopsis simplex

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Moraea angusta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Fragrant

Soil: sandy

Blue-eyed moraea
Moraea aristata

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

blue
white

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Cape Tulip
Moraea collina

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Sticky Sand Tulp
Moraea elsiae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Soil: sandy

Great Tulip
Moraea flaccida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles

Lunch Clockflower
Moraea fugacissima

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Fragrant

Near water

Soil: clay

Sweet Tulp
Moraea fugax

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Fragrant

Soil: sandy

Crisp Tulp
Moraea gawleri

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Fragrant

Soil: clay

Crown Tulp
Moraea lugubris

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Two-leaved Cape tulip
Moraea miniata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

orange
pink
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Poison Bulb
Moraea miniata Andrews

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Butterfly Uintjie
Moraea papilionacea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Fragrant

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Vlei Clockflower
Moraea ramosissima

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Paper Glasstulp
Moraea setifolia

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles

Soil: sandy

Blue Uintjie
Moraea tripetala

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

blue
mauve/lilac
purple

Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Branch Threadstar
Moraea virgata

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports monkey beetles

Soil: clay

Tar Tulp
Moraea viscaria

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Good for coastal areas

Fragrant

Soil: sandy

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

Oak Waxberry
Morella quercifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports birds

Medicinal

Curlyhair Purplegorse
Muraltia demissa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Heathleaf Purplegorse
Muraltia ericoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Thread Purplegorse
Muraltia filiformis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Bigflower Purplegorse
Muraltia macropetala

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Common Lionface
Nemesia affinis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Smooth Daggapit
Nenax acerosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Tortoise Berry
Nylandtia spinosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Pink Spikelily
Onixotis punctata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Ornithogalum dregeanum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Ornithogalum fragrans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Grass-leaved Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum juncifolium

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Attractive

Sun

Pioneer species

Soil: sandy

white

Dec

Bulb

Sea Rose
Orphium frutescens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Near water

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

mauve/lilac
pink
purple
white

Feb Dec

Perennial

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

One-Eye Monster
Osteospermum monstrosum

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Easy to grow

Attractive

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

brown
yellow

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Annual

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

Hairy Dottypea
Otholobium hirtum

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Carpet Dottypea
Otholobium virgatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Tree Babooncabbage
Othonna arborescens

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Goat's-foot
Oxalis caprina

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Squashed Sorrel
Oxalis compressa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis eckloniana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis glabra

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Tropical woodsorrel
Oxalis hirta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Attractive

Sun Semi-shade

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

mauve/lilac
pink
purple
white
yellow

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug

Bulb

Blue Sorrel
Oxalis livida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Golden Sorrel
Oxalis luteola

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Mini Sorrel
Oxalis minuta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Oneleaf Sorrel
Oxalis monophylla

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Bulbil and Bulb Sorrels
Oxalis nidulans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Yelloweye Woodsorrel
Oxalis obtusa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Bermuda buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Creeping Woodsorrel
Oxalis purpurea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

mauve/lilac
pink
purple
white

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb Perennial

Early Sorrel
Oxalis pusilla

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Palmtree Sorrel
Oxalis tomentosa

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Multi-rectiverse Sorrels
Oxalis versicolor

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

Water Capestar
Pauridia aquatica

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Fragrant

Near water

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

white

Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov

Bulb

Stars
Pauridia capensis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Mini Capestar
Pauridia minuta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Pelargonium anethifolium

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Various-Leaved Storksbills
Pelargonium auritum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Rose-Scented Geranium
Pelargonium capitatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Fragrant

Pioneer species

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

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

Peninsula Hooded Storksbill
Pelargonium cucullatum tabulare

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Long Storksbill
Pelargonium elongatum

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

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

Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Myrrhleaf Storksbill
Pelargonium myrrhifolium myrrhifolium

Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Peninsula Hooded Storksbill
Pelargonium tabulare

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Night-scented Pelargonium
Pelargonium triste

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Drought-resistant Good potplant

Medicinal Fragrant

False Hairgrass
Pentameris airoides

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Pale Fiveawn
Pentaschistis pallida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Slender Knotweed
Persicaria decipiens

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Tall Spookasem
Pharnaceum elongatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cobweb Spookasem
Pharnaceum incanum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Drought Spookasem
Pharnaceum lineare

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Dwarf Plantain
Plantago crassifolia

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Platycaulos c.f. compressus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

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

Podalyria montana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Slender Falsepea
Polygala garcinii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Small Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus

Elgin Shale Fynbos

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

Cape Cudweed
Pseudognaphalium undulatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wing Fountainbush
Psoralea alata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Whorled Fountainbush
Psoralea ensifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Lax Fountainbush
Psoralea laxa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Dally pine
Psoralea pinnata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Easy to grow

Fragrant

Near water

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

purple

Mar Apr May Dec

Tree

Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cowl Bonnet
Pterygodium catholicum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Bunchy flat-sedge
Pycreus polystachyos

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Pool Pegreed
Restio sabulosus

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Giant Bell
Roella ciliata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Sun

Soil: sandy

blue
white

Feb Dec

Shrub

Fineleaf Bell
Roella prostrata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Romulea bulbifera

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Greenbract Froetang
Romulea flava

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Romulea grandiflora

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Shaggy Froetang
Romulea hirsuta

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Slanting Froetang
Romulea obscura

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Rosy sandcrocus
Romulea rosea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Romulea sparaxis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Table Froetang
Romulea tabularis

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Rumex lativalvis Meisn.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Gem Tentfig
Ruschia geminiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Beach Tentfig
Ruschia macowanii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Soil: sandy

Redstem Tentfig
Ruschia rubricaulis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Good potplant

African Blue Sage
Salvia africana-caerulea

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Edible Fragrant

Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports butterflies Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Medicinal Fragrant

Pioneer species

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

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

Cape Glasswort
Sarcocornia capensis

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Sarcocornia cf. capensis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Twohorn Satyre
Satyrium bicorne

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Pink Satyre
Satyrium carneum

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld

Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Good potplant

Sun

Soil: sandy

pink
white

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Orchid

Orange Satyre
Satyrium coriifolium

Cape Flats Dune Strandveld

Supports birds Supports sunbirds

Good potplant

Attractive

Near water

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

orange
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Orchid

Scented Orchid
Satyrium odorum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Black Bog-Rush
Schoenus nigricans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Scirpoides thubergii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Willow Karee
Searsia angustifolia

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

Dune Currantrhus
Searsia laevigata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Searsia laevigata var. villosa

Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

Golden Yellowwort
Sebaea aurea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Yellow Starvation Ragwort
Senecio abruptus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Kill Ragwort
Senecio burchellii

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Red-purple Ragwort
Senecio elegans

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports birds Supports bees

Drought-resistant

Easy to grow

Medicinal Edible Attractive

Sun

Pioneer species

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

mauve/lilac
pink
purple
white

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Annual

Tobacco Ragwort
Senecio halimifolius

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Coast Ragwort
Senecio littoreus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: sandy

yellow

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Annual

Shoddy Ragwort
Senecio pterophorus

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Ridgestem Ragwort
Senecio pubigerus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Purple Ragwort
Senecio purpureus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Hard Ragwort
Senecio rigidus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

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

African Catchfly
Silene burchellii

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Butter Silklily
Sparaxis bulbifera

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Near water

Plain harlequin-flower
Sparaxis grandiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

White Capestar
Spiloxene alba

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Near water

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Water Capestar
Spiloxene aquatica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles Supports bees

Fragrant

Near water

Soil: sandy

Browneye Capestar
Spiloxene canaliculata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Stars
Spiloxene capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Pygmy Capestar
Spiloxene minuta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports monkey beetles

Spiloxene ovata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Spiloxene schlechteri

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

Pure Gold Capestar
Spiloxene serrata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Sporobolus capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Droopy Tasslereed
Staberoha cernua

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Attractive

Sun

Soil: sandy

brown

Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec

Restio

Staberoha cf. cernua

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Cape grass
Staberoha cf. distachyos

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Saint Augustine grass
Stenotaphrum secundatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Stentotaphrum familiatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Stentotaphrum secundatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Common Snakebush
Stoebe capitata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Cone Snakebush
Stoebe fusca

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Fine Snowflake
Strumaria tenella

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Cape Wire Grass
Tenaxia stricta

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Soft Seacoral
Tetragonia herbacea

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Sharp Veldrush
Tetraria cuspidata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Honey Tetrar
Tetraria sp.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Stipple Thatchreed
Thamnochortus punctatus

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Themeda triandra Forssk.

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Torch Rootthug
Thesium funale

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Spike Rootthug
Thesium spicatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Tall Rootthug
Thesium strictum

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Common Capespinach
Trachyandra ciliata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Branch Capespinach
Trachyandra divaricata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fine Capespinach
Trachyandra filiformis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Roughhair Capespinach
Trachyandra hirsutiflora

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fuzzy Capespinach
Trachyandra hispida

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Rolling Capespinach
Trachyandra muricata

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Fold Capespinach
Trachyandra revoluta

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Common Capesedge
Trianoptiles capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Flats Capesedge
Trianoptiles solitaria

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Common Hare Grass
Tribolium uniolae

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Attractive

Sun

Pioneer species

Soil: clay Soil: loam Soil: sandy

cream
green

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Grass

Puncture Vine
Tribulus terrestris

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Two Tails—Three Fingers
Tridactyle bicaudata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Fragrant

Shade Sun Semi-shade

brown
yellow

Feb Dec

Epiphyte Orchid

Bulb Arrowgrass
Triglochin bulbosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Near water

One-Eye Monster
Tripteris clandestina

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Trumpet Garlic
Tulbaghia alliacea

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

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

Cape Bulrush
Typha capensis

Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports birds

Easy to grow

Medicinal

Near water In water

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

brown
yellow

Feb

Aquatic Grass

Star of the Veldt
Ursinia anthemoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports bees

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

Cape Bladderwort
Utricularia bisquamata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Utricularia bisquamata Schrank

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

White Cudweed
Vellereophyton dealbatum

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Small Mirrorface
Wachendorfia brachyandra

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports bees

Easy to grow

Sun

Soil: loam Soil: sandy

brown
yellow

Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb

Common Butterflylily
Wachendorfia paniculata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports bees

Easy to grow

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

Cape Bluebell
Wahlenbergia capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wahlenbergia fruticosa

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wahlenbergia subulata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Bugle-lily
Watsonia borbonica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Supports sunbirds Supports bees

Good potplant

Easy to grow

Attractive

Sun

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

pink
white

Sep Oct Nov Dec

Bulb

Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Supports sunbirds

Near water

Soil: clay Soil: sandy

Bulbil Bugle-lily
Watsonia meriana meriana

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Near water

Spectacular Watsonia
Watsonia spectabilis

Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports sunbirds

Soil: clay

Water Softbell
Wimmerella secunda

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos

Near water

Wurmbea capensis

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Wurmbea spicata

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos

Calla Lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica

Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Elgin Shale Fynbos
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld

Supports birds Supports bees

Medicinal Edible Fragrant

Near water

Fynbos Corridor Collaboration

Plant species - full list

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