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Baculellum articulatum
This little succulent plant from the daisy family, known as sausage plant or candle plant, is so named for its distinctive jointed, swollen stems....
Aloe suprafoliata
Aloe suprafoliata has a distinctive growth habit that changes as it matures, with the young emerging leaves curving out sideways, stacked directly on top...
Eragrostis capensis
Cape love grass can be recognized easily because of their heart-shaped and purple-flushed spikelets; the best guide to the identification of species of...
Barleria soutpansbergensis
The Soutpansberg bush violet is a newly described species only known from the western Soutpansberg Centre of Plant Endemism, Limpopo Province, where it...
Felicia petiolata
An attractive evergreen, low-growing felicia with yellow-centred, rose pink daisy-like flowers in summer, and dentate leaves on long stems....
Drosera xerophila
Drosera xerophila is one of the stunning sundews, belonging to the Droseraceae family, characterised by a rosette of leaves that lie close to the ground...
Aristea grandis
A beautiful, robust, grass-like plant with striking deep blue flowers that grow in clusters up tall stems, and broad, pale green leaves. It is a member...
Erica uysii
Erica uysii starts to form flower buds by the middle of August and fully presents light to dark pink flowers in September and October....
Leysera tenella
A stunning and adaptable short-lived plant with attractive yellow flowers in spring, distributed throughout the arid and semi-arid habitats of South Africa,...
Tulbaghia pretoriensis
A little-known and recently described species of wild garlic endemic to Pretoria with sweetly fragrant coconut-scented flowers that is low maintenance...
Eriosema cordatum
Eriosema cordatum is a fascinating plant known for its aphrodisiac and medicinal properties, beautiful vibrant flowers and heart-shaped leaves, which make...
Imperata cylindrica
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...
Dierama dubium
A little-known and seldom seen, perennial, evergreen geophyte with small, nodding dark purple-red flowers and white bracts which are borne on arching stems...
Gladiolus sericeovillosus
Gladiolus sericeovillosus is a medium-sized, summer-flowering Gladiolus with flower spikes up to 1.5 m tall with dull red, lilac, pink, white or cream...
Crassula brachystachya
Crassula brachystachya is a rare, cluster-forming, cliff-hugging succulent to 70 mm high, with leaves in a rosette and an ascending, spike-like inflorescence...
Moraea miniata
A stunning plant with delicate petals that flowers in masses during late winter and spring, turning patches of the veld bright salmon pink. A member of...
Gorteria diffusa
Commonly known as the beetle daisy, Gorteria diffusa is characterised by intricate dotted patterns on the ray florets, placed around the central disk of...
Crassula badspoortensis
Crassula badspoortensis is a rare, sparingly branched succulent shrublet becoming a cliff-hanger, with stems up to 400 mm long, greyish-green, disc-like...
Homeria miniata
see Moraea miniata...
Peltocalathos baurii
A rarely seen South African relative of the buttercup from high in the Drakensberg Mountains, with rounded fleshy leaves and bright yellow flowers in spring...