Zone 5 Bushveld summer rainfall, Light frost
Arctotis revoluta Jacq.
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Common names: curly leaf arctotis, krulblaar gousblom (Afr.)
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Vepris reflexa I.Verd.
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Common names: bushveld white-ironwood (Eng.); bosveldwitysterhout (Afr.); umozane (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 260
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Dumasia villosa DC. var. villosa
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Common names: black bean (Eng.); ukhalimele (isiZulu)
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Schizocarphus nervosus (Burch.) Van der Merwe ( = Scilla nervosa (Burch.) Jessop)
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Common names: white scilla, white wild squill (Eng.); sandlelie (Afr.); seboka (Sesotho); imbita-yebantwana, ndvwendvweni (siSwati); sabantwana, umagaqana, inkwitelu, (Xhosa); ingcino, ingcolo, umgcinywana, imbizankulu ingema (Zulu)
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Crabbea angustifolia Nees
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Common names: prickle head, sheep’s tail (Eng.); thotsanathunya (Setswana)
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Coleus esculentus (N.E.Br.) G.Taylor (= Plectranthus esculentus N.E.Br.)
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Common names: wild potato, veld potato, African potato, Livingstone potato (Eng.); veldaartappel, wilde-aartappel (Afr.); itapile (Xhosa); tsenza (Shona); mutada (Venda); ujango, ujilo, umbondwe, umhlaza (Zulu), umbondiwe (Ndebele)
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Eucomis bicolor Baker
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Common names: forest pineapple flower, variegated pineapple flower (Eng.); bontpynappelblom, bospynappellelie (Afr.); imbola, umbola (isiZulu); khampumpu-ya-thaba (Southern Sotho)
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Cymbopogon caesius (Hook. & Arn.) Stapf
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Common names: common turpentine grass, broad-leaved turpentine grass (Eng.); lemoengras, buchugras (Afr.); iMbanjana (Ndebele); muWaa (Kalanga); Moshanyna-oa-marallaneng (SeSotho); imBubu, imBanjane (isiZulu).
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Kleinia cephalophora Compton
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Common names: blazing glory, mountain fire, cliff kleinia
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Streptocarpus parviflorus Hook.f.
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Common names: Cape primrose, wild gloxinia (Engl.)
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