Zone 4 Summer rainfall Karoo and Highveld, Frost in winter
Digitaria eriantha Steud.
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Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kruisgras, Smutsvingergras, wolvingergras, (Afr.); isikonko (isiZulu); mangole maseka (Setswana); mmoyane, moeane ( Sesotho).
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Ledebouria linioseta (A.J.Hankey & P.D.Lebatha) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt
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Common names: scented African hyacinth
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Kleinia venteri Van Jaarsv.
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Common names: Venter’s kleinia (Eng.); uitlopertjie (Afr.)
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Cephalaria zeyheriana Szabó
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Common names: mock scabious
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Petalidium oblongifolium C.B.Clarke
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Common names: blue petalidium, blue petal-bush (Eng.); bloubos, blou-tongklapper (Afr.)
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Ficus salicifolia Vahl
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Common names: Wonderboom fig (Eng.); wonderboomvy (Afr.); isisantu (isiZulu); umkhiwane, indhlaleni (siSwati); motlhatsa (setswana); mohlatssa, mohlatsiso, monokane (Northen Sotho); inkwane (isiNdebele); muuomo (Tshivenda)
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Graderia scabra (L.f.) Benth.
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Common names: wild penstemon, pink ground-bells (Eng.); uvelabahleke (Xho.), impundu, isimonyo, ugweja, umphuphutho (Zul.)
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Adenia glauca Schinz
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Common names: blue leaved elephant’s foot (Eng.); bobbebjaangif (Afr.)
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Coccinia rehmannii Cogn.
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Common names: wild cucumber (Eng.); wilde komkommer (Afr.); kgaba, kubjana, mogakangwaga, oro, otjinaga, mmadigônyane (Tsw.); uselwa-lwenyoka (Zul.)
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Encephalartos ghellinckii Lem.
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Common names: Drakensberg cycad (Eng.); drakensbergbroodboom (Afr.); isidawu (Zul.); umguza (Xho.)
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