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Berkheya setifera
Common names: buffalo-tongue thistle (Eng.); rasperdissel, rasperdisseldoring (Afr); ikhakhasi, ulimi-lwenkomo, ulimi-lwenyathi (isiZulu); indlebe-lenkomo (isiXhosa
Family: Asteraceae
A robust perennial, with profuse, bright yellow flowers and bristly leaves; one of the 71 species that are found in South Africa out of the 75 species...
24 / 02 / 2020 | Bathabile Ndlovu | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Brachycorythis conica subsp. transvaalensis
Common names: Albertina Sisulu Orchid
Family: Orchidaceae
This beautiful and enigmatic orchid was first recorded in 1918; it was last seen in the Gauteng Province in 1956, until its rediscovery in 2007. This species...
04 / 04 / 2016 | Andrew Hankey | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Barleria matopensis
Common names: Matopos barleria (Eng.)
Family: Acanthaceae
Barleria matopensis is an attractive shrub, for a sunny, water-wise garden....
11 / 04 / 2016 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Barleria rigida var. ilicina
Common names: Kalahari scorpion thistle (Eng.); skerpioendissel (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae
A prickly barleria from the Kalahari, ideal for sunny rockeries and waterwise gardens, it is frost hardy and drought tolerant....
21 / 12 / 2017 | Willem Froneman | Lowveld NBG
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Brassica
Common names: mustard, cabbage, kale, rape
Family: Brassicaceae
Members of this genus are known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages or mustard plants. Commonly used for food (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussels...
01 / 01 / 2018 | Tlou Manyelo | National Herbarium Pretoria
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