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Pelargonium multicaule

Plant
Common names:
Family: Geraniaceae

... in an area where it will not be invasive among other shrubs or perennials. The plant can be pruned to keep it neat ... which consists of herbaceous annuals and perennial half-shrubs with diffuse and slender stems. Their leaves are ...

01/07/2013 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Senecio tamoides

Plant
Common names: canary creeper ( Eng. ); kanarieklimop (Afr.); uqobaqoba (Zulu)
Family: Asteraceae

... can also allow the plant to naturally twine through other shrubs or even allow it to grow as it would in nature by ... flowering genera, including annual and perennial herbs, shrubs, small trees and vines — all very variable in ...

04/04/2005 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Asteraceae

Plant
Common names: daisy family, sunflower family, thistle family (Eng.); madeliefie-familie, sonneblom-familie (Afr.) Class: Dicotyledoneae (Angiospermae) Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae

... There are annual, biennial or perennial herbs, dwarf shrubs, shrubs, a few trees, some scramblers and aquatics. Some are ...

26/04/2004 | | Pretoria NBG

Eriocephalus

Plant
Common names: wild rosemary (Eng.); kapokbos, wilderoosmaryn (Afr.)
Family: Asteraceae

... genus Eriocephalus are woody, evergreen and often aromatic shrubs. The leaves are simple, quite small and covered with ... by livestock and, in combination with other aromatic Karoo shrubs, contributes to the distinctive taste imparted onto ...

22/10/2012 | | Compton Herbarium

Gasteria retusa

Plant
Common names: Hex River ox-tongue (Eng.), Heksrivier beestong (Afr.)
Family: Asphodelaceae

... other species of Gasteria, grows in dappled shade of small shrubs in its Karoo habitat. The plants benefit from the protective cover of thorny ‘nurse’ shrubs such as Carissa haematocarpa. The mottled leaves of ...

20/11/2023 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gymnanthemum myrianthum

Plant
Common names: blue bitter-tea, eared bitter-tea, blue vernonia, eared vernonia, poison tree-vernonia, wild lilac (Eng.); bloubittertee, bosbloutee (Afr.); uhluhlunga, umhlungahlunga (Zulu); linyatselo (Siswati)
Family: Asteraceae

... Gymnanthemum myrianthum , as both are tall, softwood shrubs with prominent false stipules, but on closer ... large genus of over 1 000 species of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees. Occurring in America, Africa, Asia, ...

05/12/2016 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Mesembryanthemaceae

Plant
Common names: mesembs, fig marigold, midday flower, ice plant (Eng.); vygie (Afr.)
Family: Mesembryanthemaceae

... compact and tufted to prostrate to decumbent; herbs, dwarf shrubs, subshrubs or shrubs, they are rarely spiny. The leaves are opposite, ...

29/03/2004 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Lasiosiphon triplinervis

Plant
Common names: None recorded
Family: Thymelaeaceae

... with different methods of growing these little shrubs. Finally we achieved a good growing percentage of 75 - ... In our garden in Pietermaritzburg we planted these small shrubs on the edge of the path that takes you to the ...

02/01/2006 | | KwaZulu-Natal NBG

Euryops annae

Plant
Common names: small euryops, qoqolosi bush (Eng.); kleinbitterharpuisbos, bitterharpuisbos (Afr.); sehlakoana se senyenyane, sehalahala sa qoqolosi (Sesotho/Southern Sotho)
Family: Asteraceae

09/03/2009 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Baleria repens

Plant
Common names: small bush violet (Eng.); kleinbosviooltjie (Afr.), inzinziniba (Zulu)
Family: Acanthaceae

... but sometimes also climbs/leans into nearby trees and shrubs (up to 2 m!). New branches tend to root as they touch ... are 60 species of Barleria in South Africa. Most are bushy shrubs, some with a tendency to scramble, such as B. obtusa , ...

28/04/2003 | | Pretoria NBG

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