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Aristea spiralis

Plant
Common names: star-eyed aristea, pale capeblue (Eng.)
Family: Iridaceae

... winter-rainfall areas. It thrives in waterwise gardens, fynbos gardens or rock garden pockets in full sun. Due it its ...

11/12/2023 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Ruschia promontorii

Plant
Common names: Peninsula cliff ruschia (Eng.); Skiereiland-kransvygie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... orange coloured fruticose lichens. Aizoaceae Best for cool fynbos and other warm temperate Mediterranean climate ...

04/03/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Curio muirii

Plant
Common names: cliff curio (Eng.); kransharpuis (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... In South Africa Cuirio muirii grows well in dry Fynbos, Succulent Karoo and Thicket gardens (Van Jaarsveld ...

08/07/2024 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Baculellum articulatum

Plant
Common names: sausage plant, candle plant, hot dog plant (Eng.); worsies, worsiesplantjie (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... position. Best suited to rock gardens in karoo, dry fynbos and arid regions, and containers. Feed with compost or ...

30/09/2024 | | Free State NBG

Arctotis scabra

Plant
Common names: large-seed African daisy (Eng.); gousblom (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... bottom heating of ± 24°c. Once rooted, pot them up using fynbos potting mix, which is well-drained and acidic with pH ...

23/06/2025 | | Harold Porter NBG

Anisodontea julii

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

... found in the north, west and eastern Cape in the karoo and fynbos biomes, but also extending into the Free State, ...

21/03/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Anisodontea scabrosa

Plant
Common names: rough-leaf African mallow, sand rose, pink mallow, hairy mallow (Eng.); sandroos, pienk-kiesieblaar, harigemalva (Afr.)
Family: Malvaceae

... in South Africa, predominantly in the karoo and fynbos. Anisodontea scabrosa (L.) Bates Anisodontea scabrosa ...

02/05/2011 | | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Carpobrotus quadrifidus

Plant
Common names: West Coast sour fig, eland sour fig (Eng.); Weskus suurvy, elandsvy (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... California and Australia. Six species occur in the Cape fynbos. Carpobrotus quadrifidus L.Bolus (= Carpobrotus ...

17/02/2014 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Cyperus papyrus

Plant
Common names: papyrus (Eng.); papirus (Afr.); the bulrush of the Bible
Family: Cyperaceae

... of forest-margin vegetation, and several are important fynbos species. Renewed attention is being paid to these ...

24/05/2004 | | Pretoria NBG

Dicerothamnus rhinocerotis

Plant
Common names: rhinoceros bush, rhenoster bush (Eng.); renosterbos, rhenosterbos (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... in the Cederberg. Although a common component of arid fynbos, Elytropappus species are nondescript and not well ...

25/09/2006 | | Compton Herbarium, Kirstenbosch NBG

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