Plants of the Week
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Scabiosa genus
Common names: scabious, scabiosa, pincushion
Family: Dipsacaceae
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25 / 12 / 2023 | Mulweli Maswoliedza | Compton Herbarium
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Struthiola dodecandra
Common names: sweet gonna, pink featherhead (Eng.); soetgonna, katstertjie, heuningblommetjie (Afr.)
Family: Thymelaeaceae
Struthiola dodecandra is an erect shrublet with white or pink, night-scented flowers arranged in long spikes at the tips of the slender stems, which makes...
22 / 01 / 2024 | Caroline Marima | Harold Porter NBG
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Senecio articulatus
Common names: sausage plant, candle plant, hot dog plant (Eng.); worsies, worsiesplantjie (Afr.)
This plant is now called Baculellum articulatum ...
30 / 09 / 2024 | | Harold Porter NBG
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Stenoglottis longifolia
Common names: long-leaved stenoglottis
Family: Orchidaceae
The long-leaved stenoglottis is an attractive, relatively easy-to-grow orchid that charms with its graceful spikes of lilac to mauve flowers. It naturally...
11 / 11 / 2024 | Natasha Lombard | National Herbarium Pretoria
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Searsia gerrardii
Common names: river karee, river currant (Eng.), riviertaaibos (Afr.), inhlokoshiyane, umhlakaza (isiZulu)
Family: Anacardiaceae
Searsia gerrardii is a shrub-like tree with a graceful, weeping habit, striking reddish bark and noticeable orange lenticels (raised pores) on the branchlets....
18 / 11 / 2024 | Luyanda Bhengu | Free State NBG
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Serruria dodii
Common names: Hex River spiderhead (Eng.), Hexrivier-spinnekopbossie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae
An upright shrub, often many-branched, that produces silver-pink, sweetly scented flowerheads at the tips of the branches, in spring....
02 / 12 / 2024 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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