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Jamesbrittenia tysonii

Common names: Karoo jaybee, wild phlox (Eng.) witbergheuningkaroo, witsafraanbos (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... Mary Hilliard (1925–2022), a South African botanist. The Scrophulariaceae (figwort) family comprises 26 families ... edible, craft or magical uses, like most plants in the Scrophulariaceae family, it has an aesthetic appeal and ...

24 / 02 / 2025 | Lerato Mokoena | Kirstenbosch NBG

Selago corymbosa

Common names: bitter bush, poverty bush (Eng.); bitterblombos, bitterblombossie, blombos, blombossie (Afr.); iyeza lamaqakuva (isiXhosa)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... neat. Selago is a genus of African shrubs in the family Scrophulariaceae. The genus consists of roughly 190 species ... species in southern Africa. Other well known genera in the Scrophulariaceae are Diascia , Hebenstretia and Zaluzianskya ...

13 / 01 / 2025 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG

Buddleja dysophylla

Common names: white climbing sagewood (Eng.), witranksaliehout (Afr.); umhlabangubo (isiXhosa)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... by Radlkofer in 1883. The genus Buddleja belongs in the Scrophulariaceae. It has 111 accepted species that occur in ...

04 / 03 / 2024 | Ofentse Naanyane | Free State NBG

Zaluzianskya villosa

Common names: downy drumsticks (Eng.); verfblommetjie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... hair. The genus Zaluzianskya belongs to the figwort family Scrophulariaceae, which is one of 26 families in the order ... African Plants . There are no crop plants in the family Scrophulariaceae, however, many of the plants are used as ...

11 / 12 / 2023 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nemesia leipoldtii

Common names: Karoo nemesia (Eng.); Karooleeubekkie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... herbarium in Kew Gardens. The genus Nemesia belongs to the Scrophulariaceae, a family commonly known as the figwort or ...

30 / 08 / 2021 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

Diascia mollis

Common names: trailing Transkei twinspur (Eng.); horingkies (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... Stamens projecting forward, filaments (3 mm long). The Scrophulariaceae is the large, snapdragon family which ... worldwide. In South Africa there are 79 genera of the Scrophulariaceae. Sweet, rewarding, ground covering ...

31 / 05 / 2021 | Cherise Viljoen | Kirstenbosch NBG

Zaluzianskya microsiphon

Common names: two-lipped drumsticks (Eng.); malthungthung (Southern Sotho)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

04 / 01 / 2021 | Xichavo Mathebula | Compton Herbarium

Manulea tomentosa

Common names: woolly manulea (Eng.); duine vingertjies (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

30 / 12 / 2019 | Wanga Ncise | Kirstenbosch NBG

Phygelius capensis

Common names: southern river bell, wild fuchsia, Cape fuchsia (Eng.); rivierklokkie, foksia (Afr.); metsi-matsho (Sesotho)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

08 / 07 / 2019 | Stemmer Ngalo | Free State NBG

Jamesbrittenia kraussiana

Common names: kerriebos (Afr); usikisiki lwehlathi (Zul.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... which they are attracted to. In the world, the family Scrophulariaceae consists of 269 genera and 5 100 species, ...

15 / 04 / 2019 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Selago villicaulis ‘Purple Turtle’

Common names: purple turtle selago

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... in the small family Selaginaceae, but is now part of the Scrophulariaceae, the large snapdragon/figworts family, which ...

24 / 09 / 2018 | Sinikeziwe Ncaphayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Jamesbrittenia microphylla

Common names: purple phlox

Family: Scrophulariaceae

08 / 01 / 2018 | Phakamani Xaba | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nemesia diffusa var. diffusa

Common names: white cape snapdragon (Eng.); witleeubekkie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... widely or loosely spreading stems. Nemesia belongs to the Scrophulariaceae, also known as the snapdragon family. Other ...

16 / 10 / 2017 | Karen Wall | Harold Porter NBG

Oftia africana

Common names: lazy bush (Eng.); koekblommetjiesbos, sukkelbossie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... , means ‘African’. The genus Oftia is in the family Scrophulariaceae in the major group Angiosperms or flowering ...

17 / 07 / 2017 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Chaenostoma hispidum

Common names: bristly skunkbush (Eng.); stinkbossie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... prevent excessive use of water. In the world, the family Scrophulariaceae consists of 269 genera and 5 100 species. ...

03 / 04 / 2017 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

Selago tarachodes

Common names: trouble selago

Family: Scrophulariaceae

09 / 11 / 2015 | Zama Sibisi | Walter Sisulu NBG

Nemesia arenifera

Common names: None recorded.

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... The genus Nemesia is placed in the snapdragon-family (Scrophulariaceae). It consists of ± 66 species of annual and ...

17 / 08 / 2015 | Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

Chaenostoma uncinatum

Common names: fineleaf skunkbush (Engl.); bosopslag (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... that cover the plant. Chaenostoma belongs to the family Scrophulariaceae in a genus of 418 species in the Cape Flora. Worldwide it has ± 4 000 species. Scrophulariaceae is the sixth largest family in the Cape ...

25 / 05 / 2015 | Zoleka Maphanga | Kirstenbosch NBG

Chaenostoma pauciflora

Common names: trailing phlox; rankende floks (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

12 / 08 / 2013 | Sthembile Zondi | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Nemesia suaveolens

Common names: fragrant nemesia

Family: Scrophulariaceae

07 / 01 / 2013 | J Ready | National Herbarium Pretoria

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