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Ledebouria luteola

Plant
Common names: highveld African hyacinth
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... with a pronounced bulb neck of up to 20–30 mm long. The flowers are produced in spring on unbranched spikes bearing numerous single flowers arranged along the central peduncle (main stalk), ... outward along the ground). The small, pinkish green flowers have strongly recurved tepals (petals) and violet ...

20/02/2017 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Cissampelos capensis

Plant
Common names: Cape moonseed vine (Eng.); dawidjies, davidjes, dawidjieswortel, dawedjieswortel, fynblaarklimop (Afr.); umayisake (isiXhosa)
Family: Menispermaceae

... NBG Cissampelos capensis is a dioecious (male and female flowers on separate plants), perennial climber or twining ... up to 30 mm long. Small, velvety hairy, greenish-yellow flowers are produced in leaf axils, in late summer to autumn (from February to May). Male flowers are in clusters, female plants produce 1–2 flowers. ...

20/06/2022 | | Karoo Desert NBG

Gloriosa superba

Plant
Common names: flame lily, climbing lily, Turk’s cap, superb lily, glory lily, gloriosa lily (Eng.); vlamlelie, boslelie, geelboslelie, rooiboslelie (Afr.); ihlamvu, ihlamvu-labafana, ihlamvu -lomfana nentombazana, ihlamvu lasolwandle, isikwali sasolwandle, isimiselo (isiZulu).
Family: Colchicaceae

... summer and the tubers are dormant during winter. The showy flowers are borne in summer (November to March) and are ... to purple. There is also a pure yellow form. The flowers are borne on long pedicels on the upper parts of the ... tips, yellow middle and greenish base. In pollinated flowers the petals lose the greenish colour at the base, and ...

15/06/2015 | | Kirstenbosch NBG, Walter Sisulu NBG

Crassula cremnophila

Plant
Common names: cliff crassula (Eng.); kransrosie (Afr.)
Family: Crassulaceae

... thyrse up to 30 mm in diameter, bearing numerous clustered flowers. The peduncle is up to 35 mm long, with spear-shaped bracts 7 × 2 mm. The flowers are stemless or on short stems up to 1 mm long. The ... midsummer (September–January). Fig. 3. Close-up of the flowers of Crassula cremnophila in cultivation at ...

31/08/2020 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Liparia parva

Plant
Common names: small mountain dahlia, yellow nodding-head (Eng.); kleinbergdahlia, kleingeelkoppie (Afr.)
Family: Fabaceae

... autumn to late spring (May to November), it produces 7 flowers closely packed within a nodding, globose raceme. The compact inflorescences resemble protea flowers, and the plant is often mistaken for being a member ... bracts that are deep maroon and fringed with hairs. The flowers are borne at ground level and have a yeasty odour. ...

26/06/2017 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Gladiolus papilio

Plant
Common names: butterfly gladiolus, goldblotch gladiolus (Eng.); ibutha, igulusha (Zul.).
Family: Iridaceae

... The inflorescence (the part of the plant that bears flowers) is a spike of 4 to 8 flowers, however, one can bear up to 13 flowers. The inflorescence is inclined towards the ground. ...

15/03/2021 | | CREW

Turraea obtusifolia

Plant
Common names: small honeysuckle tree, lesser honeysuckle tree, (Eng.); kleinkamperfoelieboom (Afr.); amazulu, ikhambi-lomsinga [roots], ikunzi [roots], ikunzi ebomvana, inkunzi, umhlatholana, umhlatolana, uswazi [leaves and stems] (Zulu)
Family: Meliaceae

... middle) and sometimes with two lobes towards the tip. The flowers are large ( ± 35 mm in diameter), showy, pure white ... Only the tip of the style is receptive to pollen. The flowers are completely unscented during the day, slightly ... its pollen on the sides of the pollen presenter. The flowers remain open for more than one night and the pollen is ...

05/02/2007 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Ledebouria loskopica

Plant
Common names: Loskop African hyacinth (Eng.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... arranged raceme of small purplish brown to greenish flowers. The flowers open only slightly when ready and are strongly hyacinth scented. The insignificant flowers are shortly followed by green seed capsules which ...

02/11/2020 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Ornithogalum regale

Plant
Common names: Royal Berg Lily (Eng.)
Family: Hyacinthaceae

... is between 100-300 mm long, made up of between 8 and 30 flowers that are pale creamy yellow with a touch of green. ... has a green stalk that grows between 150-350 mm long. It flowers in late midsummer, from January to February. ... leaves of O. regale. Also, O viridiflorum has light green flowers, as opposed to the pale creamy yellow flowers of O. ...

05/12/2022 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Momordica cardiospermum

Plant
Common names: bitter gourd (Eng.); inshubaba (siSwati); ntwe (seTswana)
Family: Cucurbitaceae

... below. Tendrils are very thin, simple or split in two. Flowers, male and female on the same plant (monoecious), are all stalked and solitary. Male flowers are supported by a prominent sessile bract which is ... a dirty green near the base inside, 15-25 mm long. Female flowers have a rather small bract (sometimes absent), and ...

23/05/2005 | | Pretoria NBG

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