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Gasteria nitida
Plant... nitida is related to Gasteria excelsa from the Eastern Cape. The latter a much larger species usually confined to ... = shiny). G. nitida was first collected at the Cape by Hendrik Swellengrebel, second son of Hendrik Swellengrebel who was Governor at the Cape from 1739 to 1751. Although he was born in the Cape in ...
Carpobrotus mellei
Plant... It is confined to the mountainous regions in the Western Cape, growing on sandstone slopes. It is a trailing and ... edulis , is the most common widely spread in the Western Cape and shares its habitat with C. mellei . Fig. ...
Crassula lactea
Plant... summer on a shale cliff along the Bloukrans Pass, Eastern Cape. The inflorescence a short, cylindrical to pyramidal, ... lactea in habitat on a cliff at the Keiskamma River, Western Cape, growing with Pyrrosia africana and ... a 100 species, and the majority occur in the southern and western parts. Fig. 7. Close-up of a leafy branch of Crassula ...
Curio ficoides
PlantBowiea gariepensis
Plant... on a rocky scree at Levaillantspiek, Bushmanland, Northern Cape. The white flowers are clearly visible and strongly ... gariepensis at Levaillantspiek, Bushmanland, Northern Cape. Asparagaceae Bowiea gariepensis, with its peculiar ... succulent collection at Babylonstoren Farm near Simondium (Western Cape). Sow seed in late autumn in a shallow seed tray ...
Agapanthus praecox
Plant... total. The evergreen species come from the winter rainfall Western Cape and all-year rainfall Eastern Cape and shed a few of ... other evergreen species: A. africanus is restricted to Western Cape, mainly from the Cape Peninsula to Paarl and ...
Ekebergia capensis
PlantCape ash, dogplum (E), essenhout (A), mmidibidi (NS), umnyamatsi (SW), nyamaru (Ts) Walter Sisulu NBG Cape ash is a large evergreen tree that grows to about 15 m ... green and then turns bright red as it ripens in autumn. Cape ash is often confused with the wild plum ( Harpephyllum ...
Erica imbricata
Plant... birds, ants, beetles, flies, moths, solitary bees and Cape honey-bees ( Apis mellifera capensis ). In the case of Erica imbricata, the main pollinator is the Cape honey-bee. The species is self-incompatible meaning it ... against. The genus Erica is by far the largest in the Cape Floristic Region (CFR), made up of 842 accepted species ...
Leucadendron argenteum
Plant... seed is in autumn, the start of the rainy season in the Cape. Sow fresh seeds in open seedbeds or trays filled with a ... when Augustin de Beaulieu described it when he visited the Cape. Hendrik Claudius was at the Cape from 1682 to ± 1687 ... It consists of 83 species, most of which occur in the Western and Eastern Cape with a few outliers in ...
Agapanthus campanulatus
Plant... dormant period and does very well in the winter rainfall Western Cape, provided it is planted in well-drained soil. To get the ... River. The evergreen species come from the winter rainfall Western Cape and all-year rainfall Eastern Cape, and shed a ...