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Phylica buxifolia

Common names: box-leaf phylica, box hard-leaf (Eng.); bukshardeblaar (Afr.)

Family: Rhamnaceae

... Cape Province, where many are restricted to small areas. Phylica buxifolia is endemic to the area from the Cape ... mountain slopes, often near the sea and in rocky places. Phylica Seed can be harvested in early summer (November and ... (March and April) into a sandy, well-drained medium. Phylica buxifolia makes an attractive, informal hedge, but ...

16 / 12 / 2002 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG

Common names: heath phylica, ericoid phylica ( Eng. ); hardebos (Afr.)

Family: Rhamnaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden April 2007 Phylica ericoides is a much-branched, compact, bushy ... and a hand lens or dissecting microscope to examine phylica flowers. The flowers are very small, 1.5-2 mm long, ... to release smooth seeds with an aril at the base. Phylica ericoides is divided into five varieties based on a ...

16 / 04 / 2007 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: pink phylica, pink hardleaf (Eng.); pienk-hardebos (Afr.)

Family: Rhamnaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2016 Phylica gnidioides is a compact, many branched, rounded ... hairs. It flowers in autumn and winter, from May to July. Phylica gnidioides occurs on sandy flats, dunes and grassy ... dry, well-drained, acidic soils and a sunny position. Phylica belongs in the Rhamnaceae, a family of ± 58 genera ...

13 / 06 / 2016 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG

Common names: featherhead (Eng.); veerkoppie (Afr.)

Family: Rhamnaceae

... need to be vigilant and arrive before the ants do! Phylica Seeds should be collected in October/November and ... name, well describes the hairy nature of the plant. Both Phylica pubescens and the fairly similar P. plumosa were ... on Tristan da Cuhna. There are many attractive species of Phylica , all displaying hard leathery leaves from which the ...

06 / 12 / 2004 | Jane Forrester | Harold Porter NBG

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Plants of the Week Advanced Search

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Search results for "Phylica" (displaying 4 of 4 on page 1)

Phylica buxifolia

Phylica ericoides

Phylica gnidioides

Phylica pubescens