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Salvia disermas

Common names: wild giant sage, Transvaal sage Eng.; grootsalie, teesalie Afr.; mogasane (Tswana)

Family: Lamiaceae

... contrast with Fynbos such as Restionaceae, Proteaceae and Erica. The fast growing plants get untidy after 2-3 years and ...

26 / 01 / 2009 | Monique Mcquillan | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Salvia garipensis

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

Salvia namaensis

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

Serruria aemula

Common names: strawberry spiderhead

Family: Proteaceae

... Leucadendron levisanus (Cape Flats conebush), Erica mammosa (ninepin heath), E. ferrea , and restios ...

11 / 11 / 2002 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Serruria fasciflora

Common names: common pin spiderhead; speldespinnekopbos (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

... include Leucadendron salignum , Thamnochortus cinereus and Erica baueri . The genus name Serruria was given after Dr ...

25 / 08 / 2014 | Phumza Bavuma | Kirstenbosch NBG

Serruria florida

Common names: blushing bride, pride of Franschhoek (Eng.); skaamblom, trots van Franschhoek (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

... fynbos garden and is well complemented with Restio, buchu, Erica and Protea species. It makes an exquisite mid- to ...

12 / 11 / 2007 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG

Serruria hirsuta

Common names: Swartkops spiderhead, hairy spiderhead (Eng.) Swartkop-spinnekopbossie (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

... Muraltia heisteria , Liparia parva , Watsonia borbonica , Erica corifolia and Syncarpha gnaphaloides . All of these can ...

10 / 02 / 2025 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG

Serruria rosea

Common names: rose spiderhead, bridesmaid spiderhead (Eng.); strooimeisie, bruidsbos (Afr.)

Family: Proteaceae

... Thamnochortus cinereus , Syncarpha argyropsis , Erica baueri subsp. gouriquae and Adenandra uniflora ...

23 / 08 / 2010 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG

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

Stilbe ericoides

Common names: pink stilbe (Eng.)

Family: Stilbaceae

... July 2022 Acknowledgements: the author thanks Mrs Erica (Siqamo Yeko) for her continuous support, Mashudu ... The species name, ericoides, means ‘looking like an Erica ’ which especially refers to the tough sclerophyllous ... leaves that look like those of plants in the genus Erica, commonly called heaths. Stilbe ericoides synonyms ...

04 / 07 / 2022 | Kamogelo Solomon Modimola | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tetragonia fruticosa

Common names: sprawling sea coral, trailing dune-spinach (Eng.); kinkelbossie, kinkelklappers, kleinsaadklappiesbrak, klimopkinkelbossie, porseleinbos, slaaibos, wa

Family: Aizoaceae

... habitat types, except upper mountain slopes (Protea and Erica Fynbos) (Vlok 2015). This widespread species grows in ...

19 / 12 / 2022 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG