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Cephalaria zeyheriana

Plant
Common names: mock scabious
Family: Dipsacaceae

... obovate involucral bracts. The flowers are pollinated by bees and other insects. Dipsacaceae Cephalaria zeyheriana is ...

20/04/2020 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Mesembryanthemum amplectens

Plant
Common names: clasping ice plant (Eng.); klouvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... M esembryanthemum amplectens include many insects, such as bees, flies and moths, although, bees are considered the primary pollinators of this species. ... attract insects, such as ants, and pollinators such as bees. Also, this species would do well as a display plant in ...

07/10/2024 | | Karoo Desert 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

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

Acmadenia mundiana

Plant
Common names: De Hoop porcelain flower (Eng.), De Hoop-boegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... a closed throat. Acmadenia mundiana flowers are visited by bees, butterflies and other insects that feed on nectar and ...

30/09/2002 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Buddleja dysophylla

Plant
Common names: white climbing sagewood (Eng.), witranksaliehout (Afr.); umhlabangubo (isiXhosa)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

... of Buddleja dysophylla attract flying insects such as bees and butterflies. The seeds are small, winged and light ...

04/03/2024 | | Free State NBG

Nemesia diffusa var. diffusa

Plant
Common names: white cape snapdragon (Eng.); witleeubekkie (Afr.)
Family: Scrophulariaceae

... the seeds develop and ripen. It is accepted that solitary bees pollinate plants with this type of flower. However, ...

16/10/2017 | | Harold Porter NBG

Aristea torulosa

Plant
Common names: Wood’s aristea (Eng.); blousuurkanol (Afr.); khahla, lethepu-le-lenyenyane (Sesotho,); umluzi omncane (isiZulu); phayimashimane (siSwati)
Family: Iridaceae

... containing many angled seeds. Aristea torulosa attracts bees, flies and other pollinators to its flowers, and blister ...

25/11/2024 | | Free State NBG

Hippobromus pauciflorus

Plant
Common names: false horsewood, bastard horsewood (Eng.); valsperdepis, basterperdepis boom, basterperdepis (Afr.); isiphahluka, uqhume, umnungumabele, umfazothethayo (isiZulu); isiphahluka, luphephetse (siSwati); ulwatile, isifutha, umfazi-onengcolo, ulabateka, umnukambiba (isiXhosa); mufhapabere (Tshivenda)
Family: Sapindaceae

... butterflies. Flowers of this plant species attract bees, wasps and beetles. Bees are the main pollinators of Hippobromus pauciflorus ... plant. It will also attract birds, butterflies and bees to the garden. Hippobromus pauciflorus ...

08/01/2024 | | Lowveld NBG

Polhillia ignota

Plant
Common names: due to the rarity of this species, there are no common names recorded for it.
Family: Fabaceae

... the plants when it was rediscovered, we did notice several bees visiting the plants. See more photos of its rediscovery ...

14/11/2016 | | CREW

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