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Salvia africana
Common names: blue African sage, blue sage, wild sage, African sage, purple sage (Eng.); blousalie, bloublomsalie, Afrikaansesalie, perdesalie, wildesalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae
Salvia africana is a decorative, aromatic shrub with medicinal properties. Keep it neat and pruned and it will reward you with flowers almost all year...
07 / 01 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Saltera sarcocolla
Common names: saltera, Cape fellwort, vlieëbos
Family: Penaeaceae
Saltera sarcocolla belongs to the Penaeaceae, which is a family confined to the fynbos region. Despite interesting variations in plant and flower...
28 / 10 / 2013 | Anthony Hitchcock | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salpinctium natalense
Common names: none
Family: Acanthaceae
Salpinctium natalense is a lovely and rare herbaceous perennial that is known from only one site in KwaZulu-Natal; it is well suited to cool, shady...
18 / 01 / 2016 | Sisanda Alakhe Velembo-Mhlauli | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Salix mucronata
Common names: Safsaf Willow, Cape Willow, (E) Safsaf-wilger, Kaapse Wilger, Wildewilgerboom (A), Munengeledzi (V), Mogokare (NS), Umngcunube (X), Umnyezane, Umzekan
Family: Salicaceae
A graceful tree that withstands both frost and drought....
01 / 01 / 2001 | Y Reynolds | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Sagittanthera mzimvubuensis
Common names: Mzimvubu-ruby (Eng.); kransrobyn (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae
Sagittanthera mzimvubuensis is a geophyte with decorative club-shaped, ruby-green bulb scales and pendent, terete leaves, growing on cliffs along the Mzimvubu...
04 / 01 / 2016 | Ernst van Jaarsveld | Kirstenbosch NBG
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