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Scadoxus multiflorus (Martyn) Raf. subsp. katharinae (Bak.) Friis & Nordal (= Haemanthus katharinae Bak.)

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Common names: fireball lily, blood flower, katharine wheel, poison root (Eng.); bloedblom, gifwortel (Afr.); inkupulwane (isiXhosa); idunjana, ubukhoswane (isiZulu)

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Sandersonia aurantiaca Hook.

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Common names: Christmas bells (Eng.); geelklokkie (Afr.); ushayabhici (Zulu); ihlamvu (Zulu)

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Rhodohypoxis baurii (Baker) Nel

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Common names: red star (Eng.); rooisterretjie (Afr.)

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Lachenalia corymbosa (L.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt

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Pelargonium triste (L.) L'Hér.

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Common names: night-scented pelargonium ( Eng. ); kaneeltjie, rooiwortel (Afr.); wit n/eitjie (Khoi)

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Oxalis purpurea L.

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Common names: grand duchess sorrel (Eng.); suuring (Afr.)

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Oxalis L.

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Common names: sorrel (Eng.); suring (Afr.)

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O pes-caprae

1a Species with a peduncle more than 1-flowered:

O. pes-caprae L. Geelsuring.
Stem-less; leaves usually basal, trifoliolate, leaflets heart-shaped, glabrous above, hairy beneath; flowers yellow, peduncle 3-20-flowered.

Oxalis tomentosa

b Species with peduncle 1-flowered. The majority of species have 1-flowered stalks and may be grouped as follows:
2a Leaves unifoliolate (1) or leaves 4- or more-foliolate:

O. tomentosa L.f. Vingersuring.
Stem-less; densely silky hairy; leaflets 10-20, much longer than broad, base wedge-shaped; flowers white with a yellow tube [slide]

O. zeekoevleyensis

2b Leaves trifoliolate (with 3 leaflets):
3a Peduncular bracts at an articulation:

O. zeekoevleyensis R.Kunth .
Stem-less; leaflets heart-shaped, sparsely hairy below; flowers rosy lilac with a yellow tube.

O.hirta

3b Peduncular bracts not at an articulation or lacking:
4a Plants with leafy stems, lower leaves sessile (without a stalk) or sub-sessile (with a short stalk)

O. hirta L.
Stems 0.05-0.3 m high; leaflets grey-green, long and narrow, inversely ovate, hairy below; flowers mauve, magenta or white with a yellow tube.

Oxalis versicolor

4b Leaves apically congested and distinctly petiolate:
5a Leaflets linear, folded together lengthwise:

O. versicolor L.
Stems up to 0.2 m tall, sometimes branching; leaflets often with marginal thickenings; flowers white with a yellow tube and reddish purple margins.

O.pulchella

5b Leaflets oblong to heart-shaped, succulent (fleshy):

O. pulchella Jacq.
Stem-less; leaflets fleshy, almost flat with a ± circular outline; hairy below; flowers salmon or rose.

O. pupurea


5c Leaflets non-succulent:

O. purpurea L.
Stemless; leaflets transversely obovate, ciliate, hairy and purple beneath, black-streaked when dry; flowers purple, yellow or white with a yellow tube.

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Ornithogalum thyrsoides Jacq.

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Common names: chincherinchee, wonder-flower, star-of-Bethlehem (Eng.), tjienkerientjee, tjienk, wit-tjienk, viooltjie (Afr.)

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Ornithogalum saundersiae Baker

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Common names: giant chincherinchee ( Eng. ); reuse tjienkerientjee (Afr.)

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Ornithogalum dubium Houtt.

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Common names: yellow chincherinchee (Eng.); geeltjienkerientjee, geeltjienk (Afr.); itsweletswele lasethafeni (Xhosa)

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