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Pelargonium hirtum

Plant
Common names: hairy pelargonium, fine-leaved pelargonium
Family: Geraniaceae

... pelargonium is not known. Several other insects, including bees, bumble bees, carpenter bees and butterflies, are involved with the pollination of ...

04/09/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Curio crassulifolius

Plant
Common names: blue fingers (Eng.); blouvingertjies (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... by wind. At Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, bees, butterflies and hoverflies are observed visiting the ...

27/06/2016 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio elegans

Plant
Common names: wild cineraria, veld cineraria, greater purple ragwort, purple senecio (Eng.); strandblommetjie (Afr.); izuba (isiXhosa)
Family: Asteraceae

... bright yellow, full of pollen and nectar, which attracts bees and beetles. Once pollinated the flower heads turn into ...

15/11/2022 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Anisodontea julii

Plant
Common names: Drakensberg mallow, mountain mallow, African mallow (Eng.); bergroos (Afr.); letjeane-la-noka, llefeta (SS)
Family: Malvaceae

... appear throughout summer, peaking in January and February. Bees, butterflies and other insects pollinate the flowers. ...

21/03/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Carpobrotus edulis

Plant
Common names: sour fig, Cape fig, Hottentots fig (Eng.); ghaukum, ghoenavy, Hottentotsvy, Kaapsevy, perdevy, rankvy, suurvy, vyerank, (Afr.); ikhambi-lamabulawo, umgongozi (Zulu)
Family: Aizoaceae

... by the fruits. Flowers are pollinated by solitary bees, honey bees, carpenter bees and many beetle species. Flowers are eaten by antelopes ...

23/01/2006 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Podalyria calyptrata

Plant
Common names: sweetpea bush, large pink keurtjie, water blossom-pea (Eng.); keur, keurtjie, keurblom, ertjiebos, waterkeurtjie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... very attractive to many insects, particularly carpenter bees, and nectar-feeders like honey bees, butterflies and hoverflies. The large, heavy carpenter bees land on the petals and their weight opens the flower, ...

01/11/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Brachylaena elliptica

Plant
Common names: bitterleaf, bitterleaved silver-oak, fire-sticks (Eng.); bitterblaar, suurbos (Afr); isiduli; isagqeba, umphahla (IsiXhosa); isiduli-ehlathi, igqeba-elimnyama, iphahle, uhlunguhlungu (isiZulu)
Family: Asteraceae

... with bristly hairs, occurring from September onwards. Bees are the main pollinators of this plant. Birds and other ...

19/12/2016 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Euchaetis albertiniana

Plant
Common names: Albertinia bearded buchu, Albertinia mothflower
Family: Rutaceae

... the flowering period sees this species become abuzz with bees. Rutaceae There is at present no record of this species ...

11/05/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Pelargonium sericifolium

Plant
Common names: silky pelargonium (Eng.); naaldekoker (Afr.)
Family: Geraniaceae

... flowers of Pelargonium sericifolium is not known.  Bumble bees, carpenter bees, honey bees and butterflies are just some of the insects that are ...

09/10/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Diosma prama

Plant
Common names: Little Karoo bitter-buchu
Family: Rutaceae

... At Kirstenbosch, this shrub is very popular with the bees, and attracts butterflies and other insects too. Diosma ...

11/04/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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