A low-growing plant with a rosette of fleshy leaves and bright yellow daisies on erect stems, from the arid interior of southwestern and western South...

Boat grass is an attractive, short, sometimes dense, tufted grass with a reddish tint. It is easily recognised by the single raceme with its fine, bent...

With its bold, bluish-green, spiny stems and sculptural form, Euphorbia radyeri rises like a desert sentinel – a hardy jewel thriving in the harsh,...

Gladiolus robertsoniae is a rare endemic species from the southern highveld, easily recognised by its striking and attractive, bright white or pale lilac,...

Bulbine retinens is an obligatory cliff-dweller, hugging the quarzitic sandstone cliffs along the Kouga River in the Eastern Cape. It has rosettes of ascending,...

Bulbine spongiosa is an obligatory, summer-deciduous, cliff-hugger from the quarzitic sandstone cliff faces at Badspoort in the Western Cape. Plants have...

Aloe pruinosa, commonly known as the powdery aloe, is a striking and lesser-known succulent, endemic to the midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, that has both botanical...

Adromischus cristatus var. schonlandii is a dwarf cliff-hugging succulent from the south-eastern parts of South Africa. The plants form rounded clusters,...

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...

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...