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Acmadenia alternifolia

Plant
Common names: Knysna porcelain flower (Eng.); Knysna-duineboegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... with long horns. This species is mainly pollinated by bees. Rutaceae To date, no records are known to the authors ...

12/07/2021 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Coleus kirkii

Plant
Common names: prickly sage, blue soldier sage (Eng.); stekelsalie (Afr.); umvuthuza, uhlalawane (Zulu)
Family: Lamiaceae

... butterfly, Precis ceryne and the flowers are visited by bees and butterflies at Kirstenbosch NBG. Lamiaceae Coleus ...

29/03/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Athanasia trifurcata

Plant
Common names: trifid-leaf athanasia, coulter bush, klaas louw bush, three-tooth athanasia (Eng.), kouterbos, klaaslouwbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... are pollinated by different flying insects, which includes bees, beetles, wasps, thrips and butterflies. This species is ...

11/03/2024 | | Karoo Desert 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

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

Mackaya bella

Plant
Common names: mackaya, forest bell-bush, river bells, beautiful mackaya (Eng.); bosklokkiesbos, blouklokkiesbos (Afr.); umavuthwa, uzwathi, uphulule, icaphozi (Zul.); umzwatsi (Swa); mufhanza (Ven.)
Family: Acanthaceae

... seeds per pod, in summer. The flowers are visited by honey bees and carpenter bees. The markings on the flowers guide the bees to the nectar. The beautiful Blue Pansy Butterfly ...

01/10/2001 | | Walter Sisulu 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

Cyclopia pubescens

Plant
Common names: Algoa honeybush, fluffy honeybush (Eng.); Algoa-heuningtee, donsigheuningtee (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... al. 2011). Cyclopia pubescens is pollinated by carpenter bees, Xylocopa flavorufa . There are at least 20 000 species of bees and they are one of the largest groups of pollinators, ... rarely red since it is believed that red appears black to bees (Miller et al. 2011). Fig. 4 . Maroon markings serve as ...

20/09/2021 | | CREW

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

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