Smith, C.A. 1966. Common names of South African plants. Memoirs of the Botanical Survey of South Africa No. 35. Government Printer, Pretoria.

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Erica sitiens Klotzsch

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Common names: thirsty heath (Eng.) dors-heide (Afr.)

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Aponogeton angustifolius Aiton

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Common names: delicate Cape-pondweed, narrow-leaved Cape-pondweed (Eng.); delikate waterblommetjie, wateruintjie (Afr.)

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Erica scytophylla Guthrie & Bolus

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Common names: leather-leaf heath (Eng.); leerblaarheide (Afr.)

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Erica retorta Montin

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Common names: hair-leaf bottle heath, bottle heath (Eng.), bottelheide, flessieheide (Afr.)

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Cissampelos capensis L.f.

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Common names: Cape moonseed vine (Eng.); dawidjies, davidjes, dawidjieswortel, dawedjieswortel, fynblaarklimop (Afr.); umayisake (isiXhosa)

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Allium synnotii G.Don (= A. dregeanum Kunth)

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Common names: wild onion, Cape onion (Eng.), ajuin, wilde-ajuin, ajuintjie, berg-ajuin (Afr.)

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Carpobrotus deliciosus (L. Bolus) L.Bolus

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Common names: delicious sour fig, sweet sour fig (Eng.); suurvy, perdevy, gaukum (Afr.); igcuthuma (Xho.)

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Babiana nervosa (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning (= Babiana stricta (Aiton) Ker Gawl.)

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Common names: baboon flower, babiana (Eng.), bobbejaantjie, bobbejaanuintjie, katjetie (Afr.)

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Gladiolus permeabilis D.Delaroche

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Common names: partridge pypie, small afrikander (Eng.); patrysuintjie, kleinafrikaner, koningaandblom, lituin (Afr.); khahla-e-nyenyane (Sesotho); sidvwana (siSwati)

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Bulbine mesembryanthoides Haw. subsp. mesembryanthoides

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Common names: stone-plant bulbine, window plants, water glass (Eng.); waterglas, waterkannetjies (Afr.)

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