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Kleinia venteri

Common names: Venter’s kleinia (Eng.); uitlopertjie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

27 / 04 / 2020 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kleinia longiflora

Common names: paintbrush flower (Eng.); sjambokbos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... green branches, which are suggestive of a sjambok or whip. Asteraceae is the largest family of flowering plants in the ...

12 / 08 / 2019 | Shireen Harris | Karoo Desert NBG

Kleinia fulgens

Common names: coral senecio

Family: Asteraceae

16 / 09 / 2002 | B Tarr | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Kleinia chimanimaniensis

Common names: Chimanimani kleinia (Eng.); Chimanimani-kleinia (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

11 / 04 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kleinia cephalophora

Common names: blazing glory, mountain fire, cliff kleinia

Family: Asteraceae

... barbellate hairs called a pappus, which as in many other Asteraceae can assist with wind dispersal. Pollination of ...

08 / 06 / 2015 | Luvo Magoswana | Compton Herbarium

Hymenolepis crithmifolia

Common names: coulter-bush (Eng.); koulterbos, pôbos, pokbos (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... belongs to the tribe Anthemideae, under the family Asteraceae. The genus is endemic to the Northern, Western and ...

12 / 09 / 2005 | Paul Herman | National Herbarium Pretoria

Hippia frutescens

Common names: scrambling wormwood (Eng.); rankals, kanferbossie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

12 / 05 / 2014 | B Busch | National Herbarium Pretoria

Hilliardiella oligocephala

Common names: bicoloured-leaved vernonia (Eng.); groenamarabossie (Afr.); Ihlambihloshane (Zulu)

Family: Asteraceae

14 / 09 / 2009 | N Mankazana | Walter Sisulu NBG

Hilliardiella hirsuta

Common names: quilted-leaf vernonia (Eng.), wildesonsoekertjie (Afr.), ikhambi lenyongo (Zul.)

Family: Asteraceae

... honours the botanist Dr Olive May Hilliard who studied Asteraceae in KwaZulu-Natal. There are 8 species in the genus ...

13 / 01 / 2003 | Isabel Johnson | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Hilliardiella flanaganii

Common names: Drakensberg vernonia (Eng.)

Family: Asteraceae

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

Hilliardiella aristata

Common names: silver vernonia (Eng.), ihlambihloshana, isibhaha sasenkangala, umlahlankosi-omhlophe, ileleva (Zul.)

Family: Asteraceae

... The new name honours Dr Olive May Hilliard who studied Asteraceae in KwaZulu-Natal. There are 8 species in the ...

12 / 12 / 2005 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Heterolepis aliena

Common names: rock daisy (Eng.); rotsgousblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

17 / 11 / 2003 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum umbraculigerum

Common names: woolly umbrella helichrysum (Eng.); kerriekruie (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

22 / 03 / 2004 | T Hutton-squire | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum sutherlandii

Common names: Sutherland’s everlasting (Eng.); molepelle, ntlo-ea mokhobane, senkotoana (Sesotho)

Family: Asteraceae

... or straw flowers and belong to the sunflower family (Asteraceae), ranging from annuals and herbs to shrubs. In ...

03 / 05 / 2021 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum splendidum

Common names: cape gold (Eng.); geelsewejaartjie (Afr.); phefo-ea-loti, toanae-moru (S.Sotho)

Family: Asteraceae

... geel means yellow. Helichrysum splendidum belongs to the Asteraceae or daisy family, one of the largest and best-known ...

29 / 12 / 2003 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG

Helichrysum ruderale

Common names: weedy yellow everlasting (Eng.); geelsewejaaartjie (Afr.); umadotsheni (isiZulu)

Family: Asteraceae

17 / 03 / 2025 | Itumeleng Machete | Pretoria NBG

Helichrysum retortum

Common names: coast strawflower, flask everlasting (Eng.); kus-sewejaartjie, strooiblom (Afr.)

Family: Asteraceae

... the seeds to a smoke pre-germination treatment. Not all Asteraceae species needs smoke to enhance their dormancy, so ... backwards. Helichrysum retortum is a species within the Asteraceae or daisy family. The genus Helichrysum consists ...

| Roger Oliver | Kirstenbosch NBG