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 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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Monsonia vanderietiae (L. Bolus) F.Albers (= Sarcocaulon vanderietiae L. Bolus)

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Common names: Albany bushman’s candle, Albany candle bush (Eng.), Albany boesmankers, grootkersbos (Afr.); igcegceleya, igceya (isiXhosa)

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Stapelia leendertziae N.E.Br.

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Common names: bell stapelia, Leendertz’s carrion flower, carrion chalice, carrion flower, rugose cup starfish, maroon cup starfish, star flower, black bells (Eng.); aaskelk, aasklok, rooiaasblom, tulp assblom (Afr.)

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Struthiola tomentosa Andrews

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Common names: woolly capespray, woolly featherhead (Eng.); veertjie, juffertjie-roer-by-die-nag, roemenaggie (Afr.)

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