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Kleinia venteri

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

... oligocephala and Ziziphus zeyheriana . Associated succulents and geophytes include: Aloe marlothii and A. ...

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

... advantage to animal disturbances so often associated with succulents of the savanna vegetation of this region. Instead ...

04/05/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpobrotus muirii

Plant
Common names: Albertinia sour fig, dwarf sour fig (Eng.), Albertinia-suurvy, kleinsuurvy (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... mat-forming, hairless (glabrous), densely branched succulents with stems 1-1.5 m long and with branches 5-7 mm ...

29/04/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula alpestris

Plant
Common names: None found. Suggest: sand-coated crassula
Family: Crassulaceae

... by moths. Crassulaceae Crassulas are amongst the easiest succulents to cultivate.  This species, however, proves to ...

19/11/2012 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpobrotus mellei

Plant
Common names: mountain sourfig (Eng.), bergsuurvy (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... mat-forming, hairless (glabrous), densely branched succulents with stems 1-1.5 m long and with branches ...

03/06/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adenium multiflorum

Plant
Common names: impala lily, Sabie star, kudu lily (Eng.); impalalelie (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... plant in full bloom is among the most decorative of all succulents, and is highly prized in gardens where the climate ...

28/06/2004 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Haworthia angustifolia var. baylissii

Plant
Common names: Witrivier Gorge haworthia (Eng.); Witrivier-dwergaalwyntjie (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... light absorption. This is similar to other rosulate succulents, such as Aloe dabenorisana which also grows on ...

09/07/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula alba

Plant
Common names: grassland red crassula (Eng.); feko, khato (Sesotho); impakatha, isidwe, isikhelekhehlane (isiZulu)
Family: Crassulaceae

... The plant dies back after flowering, unlike many succulents, and grows again from the base at the start of the ...

14/03/2022 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Berkheya purpurea

Plant
Common names: purple berkheya (Eng.); bloudisseldoring (Afr.); Sehlohlo (SS)
Family: Asteraceae

... purpurea is used in mixed plantings with other perennials, succulents and bulbs flowering at the same time. Some of the ...

31/01/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Crassula nemorosa

Plant
Common names: dwarf cliff-crassula (Eng.), dwergkransplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... in regions where there is little competition from other succulents. The plants grows in soils which vary from acidic ...

15/07/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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