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Diascia namaquensis

Common names: Namaqualand twinspur (Eng.); bokhorinkies, ramhorinkies (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... than nectar from flowers in the Iridaceae, Orchidaceae and Scrophulariaceae families. Oil-secreting hairs (elaiophores) ... do not readily set seed in garden conditions. The family Scrophulariaceae, commonly known as the snapdragon family, is ...

| Stoffel Petrus Pieter Bester | National Herbarium Pretoria

Colpias mollis

Common names: klipblom (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

| Hester Steyn | Pretoria NBG

Diclis reptans

Common names: creeping koenana, dwarf snapdragon, toadflax (Eng.); isinama (isiZulu); koenana, ponye (Sesotho)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... or perennial herbaceous flowering plants belonging to the Scrophulariaceae family, that includes herbs, shrubs and a ... A small, creeping, mat-forming herb from the family Scrophulariaceae that is valued for its ecological role in ...

| Gorven Mokgaditsi | Lowveld NBG

Buddleja salviifolia

Common names: sagewood, butterfly bush, mountain sage (Eng.); saliehout (Afr.); ewanci, ilotana, igqange (Xhosa); igwangi, iloshane, ilothane, ilotshane, mupambati

Family: Scrophulariaceae

06 / 08 / 2001 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Walter Sisulu NBG

Freylinia tropica

Common names: Waterberg bell-bush, blue honey-bell, blue freylinia (Eng.), inyanga hedge plant (Shona)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

10 / 09 / 2001 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Walter Sisulu NBG

Diascia integerrima

Common names: twinspurs (Eng.); horinkies (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

26 / 11 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gomphostigma virgatum

Common names: river star, otter bush, besembossie

Family: Scrophulariaceae

03 / 12 / 2001 | Thompson T Mutshinyalo | Walter Sisulu NBG

Hebenstretia dura

Common names: Cat's tail, katstert (Afr.), slugwort, slakblom (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

30 / 12 / 2001 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Buddleja saligna

Common names: false olive (English); witolien (Afrikaans); umBatacwepe (Siswati); lelothwane (South Sotho); mothlware (Tswana); unGqeba (Xhosa); iGqeba-elimhlope (Z

Family: Scrophulariaceae

07 / 01 / 2002 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Diascia rigescens

Common names: twinspur, bride's saddle

Family: Scrophulariaceae

20 / 05 / 2002 | Alice Aubrey | Walter Sisulu NBG

Nemesia fruticans

Common names: Cape snapdragon, mauve nemesia (Eng.) leeubekkie, maagpynblommetjie, witleeubekkie, wildeleeubekkie (Afr.)

Family: Scrophulariaceae

... in South Africa and has about seventy species. The family Scrophulariaceae is the large snapdragon family which ... In South Africa there are 79 genera of the family Scrophulariaceae. This dainty, long-flowering perennial is a ...

15 / 07 / 2002 | Samson Moeketsi Letsela | Walter Sisulu NBG