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Conicosia pugioniformis subsp. pugioniformis

Plant
Common names: giant clockplant, pigroot, pig salad, narrow-leaved ice plant (Eng.); groot vetkousie, varkslaai, gansies, varkwortel, snotwortel (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... root system annually. This enables the formation of a strong taproot, which becomes more swollen and develops into ... Z. flexuosum , Melianthus elongatus , Malephora crocea , Aloe maculata and A arenicola , Senecio elegans and S. ...

02/09/2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Tulista

Plant
Common names: miniature aloe, pearl plant (Eng.); vratjiesaalwyn, kleinaalwyn, seepaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

miniature aloe, pearl plant (Eng.); vratjiesaalwyn, kleinaalwyn, ...

30/09/2019 | | 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

Coleus amboinicus

Plant
Common names: African thyme, French thyme, country borage, Indian borage, Indian mint, broad-leaf thyme, soup mint (Eng.); Afrika-tiemie, krui-spoorsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... Coleus amboinicus growing on a granite dome together with Aloe scorpoides (near Bibala, southwestern Angola). Coleus ...

04/05/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gasteria camillae

Plant
Common names: camilla gasteria (Eng.); camilla-beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... and this trait is shared by many other cliff-dwellers ( Aloe mitriformis , Curio ficoides , C.  muirii , C. ... in summer and are held in an erect position, only allowing strong winds to extract the flattened, winged seeds from their capsules, which are then dispersed by wind. Strong turbulent winds can scatter the seeds over a large ...

15/06/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula cremnophila

Plant
Common names: cliff crassula (Eng.); kransrosie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... was named by Braam van Wyk and the author in the magazine Aloe in 1999 (Van Jaarsveld & Van Wyk 1999) from plants ...

31/08/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe andersonii

Plant
Common names: Mount Anderson cliff aloe (Eng.); Mount Anderson-grasaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Mount Anderson cliff aloe (Eng.); Mount Anderson-grasaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Aloe andersonii has a perennial rootstock and plants sprout ... in a sharp point, armed with 3 or 4 teeth.  Fig. 2.   Aloe andersonii , rosette of leaves . The inflorescence is a ...

19/10/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aeollanthus rydingianus

Plant
Common names: Omavanda rock-sage (Eng.); omavanda-klipsalie (Afr.)
Family: Lamiaceae

... fact they were on their way to investigate a possible new aloe growing on sandstone cliffs in the region (later named Aloe omavandae ). As they approached the southern end of the ...

02/11/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe condyae

Plant
Common names: Barberton cliff-aloe (Eng.); barberton grasaalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Barberton cliff-aloe (Eng.); barberton grasaalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG ... leaf tip is drawn to a sharp point (acuminate). Fig. 2. Aloe condyae in its natural habitat on a sandstone cliff ... become ascending, which retains the seed and only gusts of strong wind will allow them to become airborne. The succulent ...

23/11/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Aloe meyeri

Plant
Common names: Rosyntjiesberg aloe (Eng.); rosyntjiesberg-aalwyn (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

Rosyntjiesberg aloe (Eng.); rosyntjiesberg-aalwyn (Afr.) Kirstenbosch NBG Aloe meyeri is a slow-growing, long-lived, perennial (from ... as well. Fig. 2. Close-up of the rounded flower head of Aloe meyeri on the Rosyntjiesberg, Richtersveld National Park ...

04/01/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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