Plants of the Week
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Cyclopia meyeriana
Common names: Meyer honeybush tea (Eng.); woltee, heuningtee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae
A decorative fynbos shrub covered with masses of bright yellow flowers in spring, and one of the species that give us Honeybush Tea....
23 / 05 / 2016 | Nomama Mei | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Cyanella alba
Common names: white lady's-hand, white cyanella (Eng.); toe-toe-uintjie (Afr.)
Family: Tecophilaeaceae
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15 / 08 / 2022 | Sithandokuhle Wendy Ngcongo | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Crassula tecta
Common names: lizard skin crassula (Eng.); akkedisvel (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae
A diminutive and attractive grey-leaved succulent that is easy to grow and makes a great pot plant....
17 / 06 / 2013 | Adam Harrower | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chionanthus foveolatus subsp foveolatus
Common names: pock ironwood (Eng.); pokysterhout (Afr.); idlebedudu, idlabatheka (isiZulu); umdlebe, umqumaswele, isiduli (isiXhosa); musiri (Tshivenda); morasane (
Family: Oleaceae
Chionanthus foveolatus subsp. foveolatus is a fairly hardy, attractive, evergreen, forest tree bearing sweetly scented, white flowers in spring to summer,...
22 / 08 / 2022 | Fergy Nkadimeng | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership
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Crassula streyi
Common names: Pondo cliff crassula (Eng.); pondo-plakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae
This forest jewel with deep green and red leaves grows in the deep shade of the coastal forest growing the sandstone cliffs of the Pondoland river gorges....
03 / 02 / 2003 | Siyabulela Nonjinge | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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