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Bulbine mesembryanthoides subsp. mesembryanthoides

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

... will be found with appropriate companion plants like Aloe microstigma (Worcester aloe) with its spotted leaves and Crassula rupestris (kebab ... leaves contain. Bulbine belongs to the Asphodelaceae, the aloe family, which contains about 700 species; this is an Old ...

21/02/2022 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Adromischus schuldtianus subsp. brandbergensis

Plant
Common names: Brandberg adromischus (Eng.), Brandbergnenta (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... subsp . brandbergensis growing at the base of an Aloe littoralis during the dry season, showing the fleshy ...

20/05/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Stayneria neilii

Plant
Common names: white-flowered mesemb (Eng.); witblomvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... best suited for well-drained rockeries in combination with Aloe microstigma , the speckled Worcester Aloe, the showy Drosanthemum speciosum with its masses of red ...

25/02/2013 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Aloidendron ramosissimum

Plant
Common names: maiden's quiver tree (Eng.); nooienskokerboom (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... (Afr.) Karoo Desert NBG As mentioned before, this aloe forms many branches from the ground level. This is the ... genus Aloidendron. According to one theory, the genus name Aloe is derived from the Arabic word alloch . According to ...

19/04/2004 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Cadaba aphylla

Plant
Common names: leafless cadaba, leafless wormbush, black storm, desert spray (Eng.); swartstorm, bobbejaanarm, bloustam, doubos, douwurmbos, gifhoutjie, rooistorm, stormbos (Afr.); mfitshwana, mhitshwana, monnamontsho (TW), mudiatsiwana, tshikuni (V), usitorhom (X)
Family: Brassicaceae

... lantern tree), Sutherlandia africana (cancer bush), Aloe microstigma (spotted aloe), Schotia afra var. angustifolia (small-leafed Karoo ...

03/05/2004 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Kniphofia linearifolia

Plant
Common names: common marsh poker (Eng.); vuurpyl (Afr.); Icacane, Umathunga (Zulu)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... floral arrangement may be mistaken for that of a grassland aloe. Flowers are followed by greenish capsules, which ... but mostly it is centred in South Africa, with the genera Aloe (according to some taxonomists) and Kniphofia being the ...

09/12/2002 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Aloidendron

Plant
Common names: tree aloes (Eng.); boomaalwyne (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... off. The genus name is derived from combining the words ‘aloe’ and ‘dendron’ (= tree). It literally means ‘tree aloe’ Aloidendron (A.Berger) Klopper & Gideon F.Sm. ...

01/08/2016 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Kleinia venteri

Plant
Common names: Venter’s kleinia (Eng.); uitlopertjie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... zeyheriana . Associated succulents and geophytes include: Aloe marlothii and A. zebrina , Bulbine capitata , Crassula ... him. Kleinia venteri was named in his honour in 2005 in Aloe , the magazine of the South African Succulent Society. ...

27/04/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Sansevieria pearsonii

Plant
Common names: spiky mother-in-law’s-tongue, gemsbok horns, elephant’s toothpick (Eng.); bobbejaan-se-dood, gemsbokhoring (Afr.)
Family: Ruscaceae

... including Euphorbia pseudocactus, Euphorbia grandicornis, Aloe marlothii , Aloe greenii , Senecio pleistocephalus, Cotyledon orbiculata ...

03/10/2022 | | Pretoria NBG

Jordaaniella cuprea

Plant
Common names: koper-rankvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... plants to complement Jordaaniella cuprea would be Aloe arenicola (strandveld aloe) for its attractive foliage and Cotyledon orbiculata ...

11/04/2011 | | Karoo Desert NBG

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