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Tulbaghia maritima

Tulbaghia maritima
Common names: Garden Route garlic, coast wild garlic (Eng), kuswildenoflok (Afr.)
Family: Amaryllidaceae

Tulbaghia maritima is a small wild garlic that grows along the seashore in the Garden Route, with pink flowers in summer; it is sure to become a popular...

21 / 07 / 2025 | Siphesihle Precious Sibiya | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hilliardiella flanaganii

Hilliardiella flanaganii
Common names: Drakensberg vernonia (Eng.)
Family: Asteraceae

Hilliardiella flanaganii, commonly known as Drakensberg vernonia, is a strikingly beautiful perennial herb with annual stems from a woody rootstock, attractive...

21 / 07 / 2025 | Mbali Mkhize | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Euphorbia clandestina

Euphorbia clandestina in habitat
Common names: ostrich neck (Eng.); volstruisnek (Afr.)
Family: Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbia clandestina is a fascinating species with a single, cylindrical, warty stem with a tuft of leaves at the tip, and is both succulent and herbaceous,...

16 / 07 / 2025 | Sihle Nqentsu | Pretoria NBG
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Crassula dependens

Crassula dependens
Common names: slab stonecrop (Eng.); lengoako , sevelilenyana, setsosa (South Sotho)
Family: Crassulaceae

Crassula dependens is a delicate yet striking mat-forming succulent, known for its slender, branching stems and colourful, sharply pointed leaves that...

16 / 07 / 2025 | Sihle Mvunyiswa | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Cotyledon adscendens

Cotyledon adscendens
Common names: climbing cotyledon, climbing pig’s ear, red-margined cotyledon (Eng.), rankplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

A striking, evergreen, succulent shrublet, with vibrant orange-red, bell-shaped flowers and distinctive, fleshy leaves, native to the dune thickets of...

07 / 07 / 2025 | Mlondi Sikhosana | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium
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Euphorbia rhombifolia

Euphorbia rhombifolia shrubby variant in flower
Common names: springbuck milkbush (Eng.); springbokmelkbos, soetmelkbos, steenbokmelkbos, skaapmelkbos, kirriemoer, moerwortel, moerworteltjie, sikkiri, sikkiriwort
Family: Euphorbiaceae

A highly variable species common in semi-arid vegetation in the western parts of South Africa and south-western parts of Namibia. Larger forms are typically...

07 / 07 / 2025 | Nokukhanya Nozipho Mhlongo | TSP
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Kniphofia drepanophylla

Kniphofia drepanophylla
Common names: sickle poker (Eng.); sekelblaar-vuurpyl (Afr.); umathunga (isiZulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

The sickle poker, with broad, strongly recurved leaves and yellow-green flowers, is one of the Vulnerable species of Kniphofia. It is now known from six...

30 / 06 / 2025 | Ndumiso Hlongwane | Pretoria NBG
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Pelargonium laevigatum subsp. laevigatum

Pelargonium laevigatum subsp. laevigatum
Common names: fine-leaf pelargonium, spearleaf storksbill (Eng.); noublaarmalva (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

Pelargonium laevigatum subsp. laevigatum is an attractive, hardy small shrub with decorative foliage and flowers throughout the year; it is well-suited...

30 / 06 / 2025 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Arctotis scabra

Arctotis scabra
Common names: large-seed African daisy (Eng.); gousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

The large-seed African daisy, is a fast-growing perennial that produces striking yellow flower heads that bloom all year round....

23 / 06 / 2025 | Caroline Marima | Harold Porter NBG
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Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis

Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis
Common names: Mzimvubu adromischus (Eng.), Mzimvubu kransplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

Adromischus cristatus var. mzimvubuensis is a rare cliff-hugging succulent only known from the Mzimvubu River in the Eastern Cape. The plants are dwarf...

23 / 06 / 2025 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Albuca fastigiata

Albuca fastigiata
Common names: large spreading white albuca (Eng.), slymstok, slymuintjie (Afr.), umaphipha-intelezi (isiZulu).
Family: Hyacinthaceae

The large spreading white albuca, is a fascinating and striking plant that adds interest and texture to any garden or indoor space. It is also used in...

16 / 06 / 2025 | Amanda Mdladla | Free State NBG
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Maytenus undata

Maytenus undata
Common names: koko tree (Eng.); kokoboom (Afr.); umkokane, umnqayimpofu, umgora, inqayi-elibomvu (isiXhosa); idohame, inqayi-elibomvu, igqwabali, ikhukhuze (isiZulu
Family: Celastraceae

A bushy shrub or small tree with a rounded crown, glossy leaves, unarmed branches, sweet-smelling flowers in summer and yellow to reddish-brown fruits...

16 / 06 / 2025 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ginkgo biloba

Ginkgo biloba
Common names: ginkgo, maidenhair tree (Eng.); ginkgoboom, nooienshaarboom, vrekboom (Afr.); i-ginkgo (isiXhosa)
Family: Ginkgoaceae

A long-lived, tall, slender, sparsely branched deciduous tree up to 20–35 m tall with an angular crown and distinctive fan-shaped leaves that turn...

13 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Ficus macrophylla

Ficus macrophylla in Kirstenbosch NBG
Common names: Moreton Bay Fig, Australian banyan (Eng.); Australiaanse baniaan, queenslandsevy (Afr.)
Family: Moraceae

A large evergreen tree with a massive, heavily buttressed trunk, large, dark green, leathery leaves and small figs. A tree may reach up to 60 m tall with...

12 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Faurea macnaughtonii

Faurea macnaughtonii
Common names: Terblans beechwood, Egossa beech, Macnaughton's beech (Eng.); terblans, terblanshout, egossabeukehout, bosboekenhout, rooiboekenhout (Afr.); icuba-let
Family: Proteaceae

A tall, evergreen, forest tree to 25 m, with a dense, rounded crown. Bark smooth and pale becoming dark and rough. Leaves lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate,...

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Cryptocarya myrtifolia

Cryptocarya myrtifolia trunk
Common names: myrtle quince, myrtle-leaved wild-quince, camphor wild-quince (Eng.); mirtekweper, wildekanferboom (Afr.); umthungwa, unthungwane (isiXhosa); umngqabe
Family: Lauraceae

Evergreen tree, 10–20 m tall, leaves green above, bluish below, very small cream flowers in clusters in early summer followed by reddish fruits....

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Combretum caffrum

Common names: Cape bushwillow (Eng.); Kaapse vaderlandswilg (Afr.); umdubu (isiXhosa)
Family: Combretaceae

See Combretum afrum...

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Combretum afrum

Combretum afrum tree in fruit, Kirstenbosch NBG
Common names: Cape bushwillow (Eng.); Kaapse vaderlandswilg (Afr.); umdubu (isiXhosa)
Family: Combretaceae

Small to medium-sized tree, 5–10 m tall, with shiny green, drooping, willow-like foliage, greenish yellow flowers in spherical heads in spring, and...

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Cinnamomum camphora

Common names: camphor tree, camphor laurel (Eng.); kanferboom (Afr.); ulosilina (isiZulu)
Family: Lauraceae

This species is now called Camphora officinarum ...

11 / 06 / 2025 | | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Camphora officinarum

Camphor tree in Kirstenbosch NBG
Common names: camphor tree, camphor laurel (Eng.); kanferboom (Afr.); ulosilina (isiZulu)
Family: Lauraceae

The camphor tree is a large, evergree tree with a dense canopy of glossy, light green leaves, sprays of small white to pale yellow flowers in spring and...

11 / 06 / 2025 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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