Zone 4 Summer rainfall Karoo and Highveld, Frost in winter
Watsonia lepida N.E.Br
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Common names: lonesome watsonia (Eng.); khahla (Sesotho)
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Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin.
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Common names: Cape love grass, small heart-seed grass (Eng.), bosluisgras, hartjiegras, hartjie eragrostis (Afr.); baroa, baroana, la-barao, la-baroana, senana (Sesotho); umbimbane (isiZulu)
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Felicia petiolata (Harv.) N.E.Br.
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Common names: Lesotho felicia, creeping blue marguerite (Eng.); khotolia-ea-thaba, morarana (Sesotho)
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Tulbaghia pretoriensis Vosa & Condy
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Common names: Pretoria wild garlic (Eng.); Pretoria-wildeknoffel (Afr.)
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Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.
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Common names: silver-spike, cogon grass, cottonwool grass, beady grass, bedding grass, Ramsammy grass, river grass, silky grass, susenke, sword grass (Eng.); donsgras, sygras, beddingsgras, lalanggras, palinggras, silweraargras (Afr.); kxokwane, mohlaba-lerumo, mohlorumo, mothlorumo, qheme, tlhoromo (Sesotho); umthente (isiZulu)
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Eriosema cordatum E.Mey.
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Common names: heart-leaf eriosema (Eng.); leshetla (Sesotho); ubangalala, umhlabankunzi (isiZulu)
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Gladiolus sericeovillosus Hook.f.
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Common names: large speckled gladiolus (Eng.); isidwa, udwendweni, isidwa esincane, umlunge (siZulu); bloupypie (Afr.); sidvwana (isiSwazi)
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Peltocalathos baurii (MacOwan) Tamura
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Common names: Drakensberg buttercup, nasturtium-leaved buttercup, large-leaved ranunculus (Eng.); qojoana (seSotho)
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Cyanotis speciosa (L.f.) Hassk.
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Common names: doll’s powderpuff (Eng.), bloupoeierkwassie (Afr.), khopo, theepe-balingoana (seSotho), inkombo, ingonga, umakhothigobile, umakotigoyile, udabulamafu, insonga (isiZulu), ndou muhulu (tshiVenda), umagoswana (isiXhosa).
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Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss
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Common names: Cape spider plant, bracket plant
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