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Osyris lanceolata

Plant
Common names: rock tannin-bush, transvaal sumach (Eng.); bergbas, rotslooibas (Afr.); intshakasa, ingondotha-mpete (Zulu); umbulunyathi (Zulu/Xhosa); intekeza, utekeza (Xhosa); umBulunyati (Swati); mpere (Tsonga); mpeta (Venda)
Family: Santalaceae

... This shrub is usually intimately associated with shrubs of woody species, especially species such as Grewia ...

17/01/2026 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Marasmodes dummeri

Plant
Common names: whip autumn-aster
Family: Asteraceae

... it can be interplanted with other colourful herbs and low shrubs. Marasmodes dummeri ...

17/01/2026 | | Millennium Seed Bank Partnership

Tabernaemontana elegans

Plant
Common names: toad tree (Eng.); laeveldse paddaboom (Afr.); umKhahlwana, umKhadlu (Zulu); muchanga (Shona)
Family: Apocynaceae

... Africa's east coast. It has been recorded among the weedy shrubs that are first to colonise untended cotton fields in ...

17/01/2026 | | KwaZulu-Natal Herbarium

Tamarix usneoides

Plant
Common names: wild tamarix, dabbie, daweb (Eng.); abiekwasgeelhout, dabbie, dabees, dawee, daweep, dawib, dawip, soutboom (Afr.)
Family: Tamaricaceae

... water resources. Tamarix plants are xerophytic trees or shrubs. They have long tap roots that allow them to intercept ...

17/01/2026 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Villarsia goldblattiana

Plant
Common names: yellow bogbean
Family: Menyanthaceae

... fire is to remove shading caused by the overlay of fynbos shrubs. Plants also flower where the vegetation has been ...

17/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Buddleja dysophylla

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

... by wind. This species scrambles and climbs over other shrubs and trees, but when standing alone, it cam form a ...

17/01/2026 | | Free State NBG

Gymnanthemum corymbosum

Plant
Common names: mountain bitter-tea, mountain vernonia (Eng.); uhlunguhlungu (Zulu)
Family: Asteraceae

... by fluffy bristles that facilitate dispersal by wind. The shrubs resprouts from a woody rootstock after fire. The ...

17/01/2026 | | Compton Herbarium

Carpanthea pomeridiana

Plant
Common names: carpanthea (Eng.); vetkousie (Afr.)
Family: Aizoaceae

... (Mucina & Rutherford, 2006), sharing its habitat with shrubs such as Zygophyllum morgsana and Z. flexuosum , ...

17/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Trachyandra falcata

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

... and Strandveld (Mucina & Rutherford, 2006), together with shrubs such as Zygophyllum morgsana and Z. flexuosum , ...

17/01/2026 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Astroloba rubriflora

Plant
Common names: red-flowered astroloba
Family: Asphodelaceae

... black winged seeds. Astroloba rubriflora grows underneath shrubs, which protects the plant from severe sun exposure. ...

17/01/2026 | | Karoo Desert NBG

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