Zone 4 Summer rainfall Karoo and Highveld, Frost in winter
Indigofera rostrata Bolus subsp. rostrata
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Common names: beaked-pod indigo
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Ledebouria noritica Hankey & Ant.Castro
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Common names: norite African hyacinth
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Dierama pulcherrimum (Hook.f.) Baker
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Common names: Amathole hairbell, East London hairbell, African hairbell, angel’s fishing rod, fairy wand, wedding bell (Eng.); grasklokkies (Afr.)
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Gladiolus robertsoniae F.Bolus
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Common names: Robertson’s sword lily, Robertson’s gladiolus. (Eng.)
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Monocymbium ceresiiforme (Nees) Stapf
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Common names: boat grass, oat grass, wild oatgrass (Eng.); bootjiegras, hawergras, wildehawergras (Afr.); meseletso, mobeseletso (Sesotho); tshinwamulwadze (Tshivenda)
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Othonna auriculifolia Licht. ex Less.
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Common names: lobe-leaf baboon cabbage (Eng.); sandkool, wildepatat (Afr.)
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Hemarthria altissima (Poir.) Stapf & C.E.Hubb
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Common names: red vlei grass, Batavian quick grass, red swamp grass, swamp couch (Eng.); Bataviese kweek, perdegras, perdekweek, rooikweek, rooivleigras (Afr.); marotlo-a-mafebelu, mohlokxorima, namele, tajoe (Sesotho)
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Aeollanthus buchnerianus Briq.
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Common names: crevice sage, Buchner’s rock sage, radiant rocksage (Eng.), klipsalie, klipskeusalie (Afr.), thokoloane, thokolwane (Sesotho)
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Tritonia gladiolaris (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
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Common names: pencilled tritonia, yellow tritonia, lined tritonia (Eng.); bergkatjietee (Afr.); khahla-e-nye-nyane (siSwati); isidwi esimpofu (isiZulu).
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Delosperma leendertziae N.E.Br.
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Common names: Gauteng rock vygie, Gauteng sheepfig (Eng), klipvygie, rotsvygie (Afr).
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