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Erica 'Gengold'
Common names: Gengold Heath
Family: Ericaceae
It is not often that one unearths a gem that has developed by chance. The hybridisation of two species of Erica in the Harold Porter National Botanical...
30 / 08 / 2000 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Heliophila coronopifolia
Common names: Blue Flax, Wild Flax, Showy Sunflax (E), Blousporrie, Sporries (A)
Family: Brassicaceae
This dainty, blue annual is an absolute delight when it comes into flower. Upright and graceful, with small cups of bright blue flowers,the plants appear...
28 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Dimorphotheca pluvialis
Common names: rain daisy, Cape daisy, white Namaqualand Daisy, ox-eye daisy (Eng.); reënblommetjie, witbotterblom, witmargriet (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is always one of the first spring annuals to flower at Kirstenbosch....
21 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Acmadenia heterophylla
Common names: variable-leaf acmadenia
Family: Rutaceae
This is a delicate looking shrub with starry pink flowers and a sweet lemony scent when touched. It belongs to the citrus family (Rutaceae) with most of...
14 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Aponogeton distachyos
Common names: Cape pondweed, water onion, water asparagus (Eng.); waterblommetjie, vleikos, wateruintjie (Afr.)
Family: Aponogetonaceae
This is a well known local delicacy for the cold winter months. It has become so popular that many commercial plantings have been made in ponds around...
06 / 08 / 2000 | Liesl Van der Walt | Kirstenbosch NBG
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