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Aloe bowiea

Aloe bowiea in the Karoo NBG nursery
Common names: Coega dwarf aloe, Bowie’s aloe (Eng.); kleinaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Aloe bowiea is very distinctive and uncommon amongst the species of Aloe, with very small, grass-like leaves and inconspicuous flowers. Its habitat is...

03 / 03 / 2025 | Mahlatse Michelle Malemone | Karoo Desert NBG
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Delosperma gautengense

Delosperma gautengense
Common names: Gauteng delosperma, gold reef sheepfig (Eng.)
Family: Aizoaceae

The Gauteng delosperma is a succulent plant native to rocky outcrops of the Magaliesberg in South Africa, it dazzles with its radiant, white, daisy-like...

24 / 02 / 2025 | Rofhiwa Ingrid Mudau | Pretoria NBG
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Jamesbrittenia tysonii

Jamesbrittenia tysonii
Common names: Karoo jaybee, wild phlox (Eng.) witbergheuningkaroo, witsafraanbos (Afr.)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Jamesbrittenia tysonii is an appealing and resilient perennial with pretty, delicate white flowers in spring and summer. This plant requires little maintenance...

24 / 02 / 2025 | Lerato Mokoena | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Protea aurea subsp. aurea

Protea aurea subsp. aurea
Common names: shuttlecock sugarbush, common shuttlecock sugarbush, long-bud sugarbush, candles (Eng.), geelsuikerbos, geelsuikerkan, langsuikerkan, langknopsuikerbo
Family: Proteaceae

A tall, upright shrub with iconic cream or pink flower heads in summer and autumn, that resemble candles when in bud and look like a shuttlecock when open....

20 / 01 / 2025 | Asanda Mlungwana | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Plectranthus mzimvubuensis

Plectranthus mzimvubensis
Common names: Mzimvubu spurflower, Mzimvubu plectranthus (Eng.); Mzimbuvu-spoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

The Mzimvubu spurflower, has striking, aromatic foliage, and pink flowers borne on long, reddish stalks in late summer and autumn, giving it a pleasing...

20 / 01 / 2025 | Athi Sigcau | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Selago corymbosa

Selago corymbosa flowers
Common names: bitter bush, poverty bush (Eng.); bitterblombos, bitterblombossie, blombos, blombossie (Afr.); iyeza lamaqakuva (isiXhosa)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

Selago corymbosa is an unassuming, dainty, herbaceous perennial with white flowers in summer, a great addition to any home garden....

13 / 01 / 2025 | Karen Wall | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Helichrysum pedunculatum

Helichrysum pedunculatum
Common names: pedunculate helichrysum (Eng.), isicwe (isiXhosa & isiZulu)
Family: Asteraceae

Helichrysum pedunculatum is a perennial herb that is distinguished by its large flower heads and aromatic, bicoloured leaves that are glossy above and...

06 / 01 / 2025 | Mashudu Tshitereke | KwaZulu-Natal NBG
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Ruellia patula

Ruellia patula
Common names: white veld violet (Eng); witveldviooltjie (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

A small attractive spreading perennial with stems up to 500 mm long, and white to mauve or purple funnel-shaped flowers in summer. It is easy to grow,...

28 / 10 / 2024 | Thembuluwo Maduwa | Thohoyandou NBG
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Delosperma sutherlandii

Delosperma sutherlandii
Common names: Sutherland’s ice plant, fire sheepfig (Eng.); Sutherland-se-vygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

Delosperma sutherlandii is a drought-tolerant perennial succulent with fleshy green foliage, and bright purple flowers in spring and summer. It is a ground...

14 / 10 / 2024 | Murendeni Kwinda | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Imperata cylindrica

Imperata cylindrica in flower in habitat
Common names: silver-spike, cogon grass, cottonwool grass, beady grass, bedding grass, Ramsammy grass, river grass, silky grass, susenke, sword grass (Eng.); donsgr
Family: Poaceae

Silver-spike or cogon grass has a distinctive flowerhead, which is silky-white or cream and shaped like a cylindrical plume. The leaves are hard, rigid...

26 / 08 / 2024 | Aluoneswi Caroline Mashau | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Coleus subspicatus

Coleus subspicatus
Common names: spike spurflower, long-spiked spurflower, lavender spurflower (Eng.); ritsblom spoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

Coleus subspicatus is a versatile, attractive and resilient plant that offers both aesthetic appeal and everyday garden benefits, that has become a popular...

29 / 07 / 2024 | Sihle Nqentsu | Pretoria NBG
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Ruttya fruticosa

Ruttya fruticosa
Common names: jammy mouth, rabbit ears, bunny ears, hummingbird plant, orange bird, orange dragon, monkey face, African azalea (Eng.), jembekkie (Afr.)
Family: Acanthaceae

An attractive, dense, evergreen shrub with glossy light to dark green leaves, covered with an abundance of red to dark orange or yellow, two-lipped, tubular...

15 / 07 / 2024 | Winfred Velephi Ngwenya | Lowveld NBG
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Curio muirii

Close-up of the leaves of Curio muirii
Common names: cliff curio (Eng.); kransharpuis (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

Curio muirii is a trailing to pendent cliff hanger from the Gouritz River and its tributaries. The succulent leaves are bluish green, often crowded towards...

08 / 07 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Chlorophytum capense

Chlorophytum capense
Common names: Cape spider plant, bracket plant
Family: Agavaceae

Chlorophytum capense is a popular ornamental plant that does well in shade to full sun and is semi-hardy to frost and requires moderate water. It has fleshy...

01 / 07 / 2024 | Sefularo Ramaboea | National Zoological Gardens
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Radinosiphon leptostachya

Radinosiphon leptostachya
Common names: slender-spiked radinosiphon (Eng.); blou angelier (Afr.)
Family: Iridaceae

Radinosiphon leptostachya is a cormous deciduous perennial plant with slender stems and pink flowers in summer, that thrives in rocky environments amongst...

24 / 06 / 2024 | Ziphezinhle Madonsela | Lowveld NBG
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Tulbaghia natalensis

Tulbaghia natalensis
Common names: sweet wild garlic, pink wild garlic (Eng.); soetwildeknoffel (Afr.); iswele lezinyoka (isiZulu)
Family: Alliaceae

One of South Africa’s endemic species, this attractive wild garlic is definitely a go to when looking for low maintenance plants....

10 / 06 / 2024 | Dineo Dibakwane | Walter Sisulu NBG
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Pelargonium multiradiatum

Pelargonium multiradiatum
Common names: none
Family: Geraniaceae

Pelargonium multiradiatum is a hardy, floriferous, spring-summer flowering geophytic species from South Africa’s winter-rainfall area. ...

09 / 06 / 2024 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus subdistichus

Adromischus subdistichus
Common names: book-stonecrop (Eng.), boekieplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

The book-stonecrop is a dwarf, mat-forming to pendent, leaf succulent from the mountainous regions near Willowmore in Eastern Cape. The rounded flattened...

13 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Adromischus leucophyllus

Adromischus leucophyllus
Common names: flour-stonecrop, white-leaf adromischus (Eng.); witblaarplakkie, meel-boekplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

The flour-stonecrop is a dwarf, cluster-forming to pendent leaf succulent from the mountainous regions between Barrydale, Montagu, Robertson and De Doorns...

06 / 05 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Delosperma nubigenum

Delosperma nubigenum in flower at the Denver Botanic Gardens
Common names: cloud-born delosperma (Eng.), geel-kransvygie (Afr.); mabone, motabo (Sesotho)
Family: Aizoaceae

The cloud-born delosperma is a mat-forming leaf succulent which becomes pendent on cliffs. It is endemic to the Drakensberg and highlands of Lesotho where...

01 / 04 / 2024 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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