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Erica glandulosa subsp. fourcadei

Bright red form
Common names: Fourcade's heath
Family: Ericaceae

... and the dry environmental conditions associated with this. Erica glandulosa subsp . fourcadei is found in exposed, windy ... are pollinated as the birds move from flower to flower. Erica Fourcade's erica is easily grown from fresh seed which should be sown in ...

26 / 08 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica glandulosa subsp. glandulosa

Erica glandulosa subsp. glandulosa
Common names: glandulous heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2013   Erica glandulosa is a widespread species and shows ... has prompted taxonomists to group it into four subspecies. Erica glandulosa subsp . glandulosa is the best known and ... pink to orange, but yellow-flowered forms are also found. Erica glandulosa subsp . glandulosa is widely distributed ...

20 / 05 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia dentata

Flowers and clayx which remains after flower falls
Common names: Toothed sage (Eng.); bergsalie, blousalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... with fynbos plants such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica species. New plants are easy to propagate from seed and ...

29 / 04 / 2013 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia dolomitica

Flowers of Salvia dolomitica
Common names: dolomite sage, pilgrim's rest pink sage (Eng.); dolomietsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... with fynbos plants such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and  Erica  species. New plants are easy to propagate from seed ...

01 / 04 / 2013 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Hermas villosa

Flowering in habitat
Common names: Tinderleaf (Eng.); tontelblaar (Afr.)
Family: Apiaceae

... found to grow with a variety of fynbos species including Erica spumosa, E. coccinea , E. lutea, E. sitiens, Nivenia ...

04 / 03 / 2013 | Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica quadrangularis

White form in flower
Common names: baby heath, square heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2013     Erica quadrangularis forms an upright shrub up to 600 mm, ... with pink or are a shade of pink, from pale to rosy pink. Erica quadrangularis grows in seepage areas on sandy flats, ... as far as the Swartberg and Kammanassie mountain ranges. Erica quadrangularis is pollinated by insects. The seeds fall ...

18 / 02 / 2013 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica verticillata

Erica verticillata Belvedere in the Erica garden at Kirstenbosch
Common names: whorled heath, marsh heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2013     Erica verticillata is a handsome, strong growing, hardy ... in a less orderly manner. There are eight cultivars of Erica verticillata at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. Each ... names and numbers by the international registrar of erica cultivar names, Dr Charles Nelson. See below for ...

04 / 02 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica scabriuscula

Flowers with bee
Common names: none recorded
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2012 Erica scabriuscula is a large, erect shrub developing into a ... or sometimes pale pink, rounded to urn-shaped flowers. Erica scabriuscula occurs primarily from the eastern ... margins where it grows into a large bush 3-5 m tall. Erica scabriuscula prefers cooler, moister south-facing ...

17 / 12 / 2012 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica brachialis

Erica brachialis old and new flowers
Common names: hairy-tube heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden April 2012 Erica brachialis is a sturdy, erect, woody shrub up to 2 m ... time is mid to late summer (January-February-March). Erica brachialis occurs on rocky slopes, low coastal ... sea, yet the plants are unaffected by salty spray or wind. Erica brachialis is a long-lived plant. The oldest known wild ...

23 / 04 / 2012 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Serruria villosa

Serruria villosa
Common names: golden spiderhead, valley spiderhead (Eng.); gouespinnekopbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... groundcovers like  Ursinia  &  Syncarpha  species,  Erica plukenetii   and small buchus amongst many others. ...

16 / 04 / 2012 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica canaliculata

Erica canaliculata
Common names: channelled heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden March 2012 Erica canaliculata is a large, erect shrub up to 2 or 3 m ... smell, not unpleasant yet not exactly pleasant either. Erica canaliculata grows along the coastal plains and valleys ... It appears to be pollinated by bees and small insects. Erica Erica canaliculata  is easily grown from fresh seed ...

05 / 03 / 2012 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica clavisepala

Erica clavisepala flowers and leaves
Common names: club heath, Cape Point marsh heath
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2011     Erica clavisepala is a compact, bushy shrublet reaching only ... are long and thin and covered in long, shaggy hairs. Erica clavisepala is endemic to the Cape Peninsula where it ... short stature, dark green leaves and dark purple flowers. Erica clavisepala is probably pollinated by insects. Erica ...

05 / 12 / 2011 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Erica shannonea

Erica shannonii
Common names: bottle heath, Countess of Shannon's erica (Eng.); bottelheide (Afr.)
Family: Ericaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2011   Erica shannonea is an erect, rounded, woody shrub growing up ... arise from about the same point at the end of a branch. Erica shannonea is restricted to the lower slopes of the ... along the mountain range between Napier and Bredasdorp. Erica shannonea grows in sandstone fynbos in mountainous ...

28 / 11 / 2011 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia albicaulis

Flowers
Common names: white-stemmed sage (Eng.); witstingelsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... with fynbos elements such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica species. The plants may need to be pruned back lightly ...

07 / 11 / 2011 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia aurita var. aurita

Salvia aurita var. aurita
Common names: oogseerbossie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... with Fynbos elements such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica species. The fast-growing plants get untidy after each ...

24 / 10 / 2011 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia garipensis

Salvia garipensis shrub
Common names: Gariep sage (Eng.); Gariep salie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... families such as Restionaceae and Proteaceae as well as  Erica  species. The fast growing plants get untidy after 2-3 ...

03 / 10 / 2011 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Agathosma collina

Common names: dune buchu (Eng.); duineboegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... Pelargonium betulinum , Salvia africana-lutea , Erica spectabilis, E. regia subsp. mariae , Delosperma ...

19 / 09 / 2011 | Tamzin Lakey | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salvia namaensis

Salvia namaensis shrub
Common names: Nama sage (Eng.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... fynbos elements such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and  Erica  species. The fast growing plants get untidy after 2-3 ...

05 / 09 / 2011 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Lobostemon montanus

Lobostemon montanus shrub
Common names: mountain lobostemon (Eng.); agtdaegeneesbos (Afr.)
Family: Boraginaceae

... summers. It has performed very well at Kirstenbosch in the Erica and Protea sections. It will benefit from some top ...

15 / 08 / 2011 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Polytrichum commune

Polytrichum commune habit © J. K. Lindsey
Common names: common hair cap moss
Family: Polytrichaceae

... plants like Lycopodium cernum and species of Selaginella, Erica and Drosera. Polytrichum There is no recorded ...

15 / 08 / 2011 | Nonkululo Phephu | National Herbarium Pretoria
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