Zone 5 Bushveld summer rainfall, Light frost
Heteropogon contortus (L.) Roem. & Schult.
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Common names: tanglehead, spear grass (Eng.); pylgras, assegaaigras (Afr.); isitupe (IsiZulu); makurwane (Setswana); selokana, seloka (Sesotho)
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Cirsium vulgare (Savi) Ten.
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Common names: Scottish thistle, spear thistle (Eng.); skotse dissel (Afr.); hlaba (Sesotho); ntsoa-ntsane (Setswana)
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Macowania revoluta Oliv.
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Common names: Amathole macowania
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Crocosmia paniculata (Klatt) Goldblatt
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Common names: zigzag crocosmia (Eng.); waaierlelie (Afr.); khala-ea-bokone, moloke (Sesotho); undwendwi, umlunge (Zulu)
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Ledebouria remifolia S.Venter
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Common names: butterspoon African hyacinth
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Ledebouria parvifolia S.Venter
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Common names: elusive African hyacinth
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Rinorea angustifolia (Thouars) Baill. subsp. natalensis (Engl.) Grey-Wilson
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Common names: white violetbush, narrow-leaved violetbush (Eng.), witviooltjiebos, smalblaarviooltjiebos (Afr.), ugudha-mfeni, umzungulu (isiXhosa), ithwakela, impicamaguma (isiZulu), litfwakela (Siswati)
SA Tree No: 489
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Cephalaria pungens Szabó
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Common names: none kown
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Macaranga capensis (Baill.) Benth.ex Sim
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Common names: river macaranga, false-poplar, spiny macaranga, wild-poplar (Eng.); riviermakaranga, valspopulier, wildepopulier (Afr.); umbengele, umphumelezi, umphumeleli (isiXhosa); umfongafonga, iphubane, iphumela, umompumelelo (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 335
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Ledebouria concolor (Baker) Jessop.
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Common names: Karoo African hyacinth
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