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Pelargonium gibbosum

Pelargonium gibbosum

Common names: gouty pelargonium, knotted pelargonium (Eng.); dikbeenmalva, knopmalva (Afr.),

Family: Geraniaceae

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25 / 05 / 2020 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Eriosema preptum

Eriosema preptum (Photo Alison Young)

Common names: distinguished eriosema

Family: Fabaceae

A perennial herb with attractive yellow-orange flowers, that is endemic to KwaZulu-Natal. ...

25 / 05 / 2020 | Lungisani Zondi | Walter Sisulu NBG

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Gladiolus monticola

Gladiolus monticola

Common names: mountain painted lady, autumn painted lady (Eng.); bergpypie (Afr.)

Family: Iridaceae

When you find yourself walking on the top of Table Mountain in February or March, you might be fortunate to lay eyes on this rare beauty with its delicately...

01 / 06 / 2020 | Ismail Ebrahim | CREW

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Gladiolus stefaniae

Gladiolus stefaniae

Common names: Montagu gladiolus (Eng.); Montagu kliplelie (Afr.) (meaning rock lily)

Family: Iridaceae

Gladiolus stefaniae is a cormous, autumn-flowering plant, with exquisite, large, scarlet or carmine blooms. Although rare in the wild, its cultivation...

01 / 06 / 2020 | Graham Duncan | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus esculentus

Common names: wild potato, veld potato, African potato, Livingstone potato (Eng.); veldaartappel, wilde-aartappel (Afr.); itapile (Xhosa); tsenza (Shona); mutada (V

Family: Lamiaceae

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06 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus grandidentatus

Common names: big-teeth coleus, scented-leaf coleus (Eng.); groottandsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus laxiflorus

Common names: citronella dutch-pipe-sage (Eng.); sitrinella-kromsteelpypsalie (Afr.); ubebebe (isiXhosa)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus hadiensis

Common names: hairy coleus (Eng.); harigesalie (Afr.); ilozane (isiXhosa); lehlati, imbozisa (Zulu)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus neochilus

Common names: smelly coleus, blue coleus, lobster flower (Eng.); rotstuinsalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus venteri

Common names: Sekukuni spurflower (Eng.); sekoekoeniesalie (Afr.)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Pycnostachys reticulata

Common names: prickly sage, blue soldier sage (Eng.); stekelsalie (Afr.); umvuthuza, uhlalawane (Zulu)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Pycnostachys urticifolia

Common names: hedgehog sage, large hedgehog flower, prickly sage, blue boys, nettle-leaf pycnostachys, dark blue pycnostachys (Eng.); ystervarksalie, groot ystervar

Family: Lamiaceae

See Coleus livingstonei...

07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Plectranthus madagascariensis

Common names: thicket coleus, Madagascar coleus, candle plant (Eng.); ruigtemuishondblaar, Madagaskarmuishondblaar (Afr.); iboza lehlathi, ilozane (isiZulu)

Family: Lamiaceae

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07 / 06 / 2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Coleus genus

Coleus hadiensis 'Penge' (Photo Alice Notten)

Common names: coleus

Family: Lamiaceae

For many years, the plant we’ve known as coleus, was the popular garden plant with multi-coloured leaves, although its accepted scientific name was...

08 / 06 / 2020 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Gasteria camillae

Gasteria camillae

Common names: camilla gasteria (Eng.); camilla-beestong (Afr.)

Family: Asphodelaceae

Gasteria camillae is a slow-growing, dwarf succulent with light grey-green, spreading to recurved leaves in rosettes, proliferating from the base and eventually...

15 / 06 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Nicotiana africana

Nicotiana africana

Common names: African tobacco (Eng.); Afrika tabak, Afrika-twak (Afr.)

Family: Solanaceae

The African tobacco (Nicotiana africana) is a branched shrub, bearing yellowish green, curved, tubular flowers in summer, only known from a few mountain...

22 / 06 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Hypoxis membranacea

Hypoxis membranacea

Common names: small white star flower

Family: Hypoxidaceae

A remarkable and delicate, small, white-flowered hypoxis, well suited to small gardens, in moist areas....

22 / 06 / 2020 | Mpendulo Gabayi | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Gasteria visseri

Gasteria visseri

Common names: Visser’s ox-tongue (Eng.); Visser-beestong (Afr.).

Family: Asphodelaceae

Gasteria visseri is a compact, slow-growing succulent, with dark green, spreading to recurved leaves in a tight rosette, proliferating from the base and...

29 / 06 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Thamnochortus acuminatus

Thamnochortus acuminatus

Common names: goldhead thatchreed (Eng.)

Family: Restionaceae

A dwarf, densely tufted restio, which shows off its large inflorescences, golden-tan sheaths and bracts in spring, when flowering. ...

29 / 06 / 2020 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG

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Digitaria eriantha

Digitaria eriantha

Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kru

Family: Poaceae

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06 / 07 / 2020 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria

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