Zone 4 Summer rainfall Karoo and Highveld, Frost in winter
Jamesbrittenia breviflora (Schltr.) Hilliard
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Common names: There are no recorded common names for this species; other Jamesbrittenia species are sometimes known as verfblommetjies (little paint-flowers).
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Jamesbrittenia grandiflora (Galpin) Hilliard
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Common names: Wild phlox (= Sutera grandiflora)
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Indigofera nigromontana Eckl. & Zeyh.
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Common names: indigo (Eng.); doringertjie (Afr.); sefea-maeba, mpepa (South Sotho) (Synonyms: Indigofera spinescens E.Mey.; Indigofera dealbata Harv.; Indigofera heterophylla Thunb. var. montana Eckl.& Zeyh.
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Hypoxis hemerocallidea Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
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Common names: star flower, yellow star (Eng.); sterblom, geelsterretjie, gifbol (Afr.); moli kharatsa, lotsane (S Sotho); inkomfe, inkomfe enkulu (Zulu), inongwe, ilabatheka, ixhalanxa, ikhubalo lezithunzela (Xhosa), tshuka (Tsw.). Wrongly called African potato.
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Ilex mitis (L.) Radlk.
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Common names: African holly, Cape holly, wild holly, water tree (Eng.); waterboom, waterhout, without (Afr.); monamane (Northern Sotho); iPhuphuma (Zulu), umDuma (Xhosa); liBota (Swazi); phukgu, phukgile (Southern Sotho); mutanzwa-khamelo (Venda)
SA Tree No: 397
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Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol. ex Roem. & Schult.
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Common names: ribbon bush (Eng.); seeroogblommetjie (Afr.); uhladlwana olukhulu, uhlonyane, uhlalwane (Zulu)
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Hypoestes aristata Soland. ex Roem & Schult. var. aristata 'Purple Haze'
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Common names: ribbon bush (E) lintbos (A) uhlonyane (Z)
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Hypoxis colchicifolia Bak.
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Common names: broad-leaved hypoxis (Eng.); iLabatheka (Zulu)
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Hyparrhenia hirta (L.) Stapf
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Common names: common thatching grass (Eng.); dektamboekiegras (Afr.)
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Hypericum revolutum Vahl subsp. revolutum
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Common names: curry bush, forest primrose (Eng.); kerriebos (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 484
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