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Othonna dentata

Plant
Common names: toothed othonna
Family: Asteraceae

... Aloe succotrina , Sideroxylon inerme , Berkheya barbata , Cotyledon orbicularis , Crassula rupestris var . rupestris , ...

14/10/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Oldenburgia paradoxa

Plant
Common names: cliff cushion bush (Eng.); klipkreupelbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... local nursery. The seedlings should be carefully potted at cotyledon stage before the first pair of true leaves develop, ...

08/09/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Drimia filifolia

Plant
Common names: thread-leaf drimia (Eng.); gifbol (Afr.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... Lampranthus aureus , Antimima radicans , Oscularia spp., Cotyledon orbiculata , A gathosma spp., Bulbinella triquetra ...

10/11/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Kalanchoe sexangularis

Plant
Common names: bushveld kalanchoe, red-leaved kalanchoe (Eng.); bosveldplakkie, rooiblaarplakkie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... longiflora , Curio crassulifolius , Oscularia deltoides , Cotyledon orbiculata and other grey-foliaged plants. This ...

05/09/2016 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Protea curvata

Plant
Common names: Barberton sugarbush, Barberton lowveld sugarbush, serpentine sugarbush (Eng.); barbertonlaeveldsuikerbos, serpentynsuikerbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... growth begins to speed up. Pot out the seedlings at the cotyledon stage, or when the first true leaves appear; this ...

05/10/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Avicennia marina

Plant
Common names: white mangrove (Eng.); witseebasboom (Afr.); mangal, towozi, txomahati (Xironga); isikhungathi (isiXhosa, isiZulu) - these from Van Wyk et al. (2011); Gomes e Sousa (1967) gives nhamesso (Xironga) and mussu (Quimuane) for Mozambique. The Kiswahili name Uchu (coastal Kenyan) and Mtswi (Giriyama) are recorded on herbarium specimens, as are many other vernacular names within its vast range.
Family: Avicenniaceae

... Aborigines to make shields, and that they boil and eat cotyledon-leaves washed up on the beach. Avicennia marina ...

20/06/2011 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Streptocarpus saxorum

Plant
Common names: false African violet; Cape primrose
Family: Gesneriaceae

... feature of the unifoliate Streptocarpus is that one cotyledon dominates and enlarges substantially, occasionally ...

20/12/2010 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Adromischus umbraticola

Plant
Common names: cliff adromischus (Eng); krans-brosplakkie (Afr)
Family: Crassulaceae

... Crassula , the plakkies and pig’s ears of the genus Cotyledon , the krimpsiektebossies of the genus Kalanchoe and ...

18/07/2022 | | Pretoria NBG

Protea inopina

Plant
Common names: large-nut sugarbush (Eng.)
Family: Proteaceae

... can reach 40 cm in 2 years. Pot up the seedlings at the cotyledon stage or when the first true leaves appear. Potted ...

26/10/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Trachyandra falcata

Plant
Common names: Namaqua wild cabbage (Eng.); namakwakool, veldkool, bokkool (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... and Euclea racemosa . Associated succulents include Cotyledon orbiculata , Tylecodon grandiflora and T . ...

27/05/2019 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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