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Berkheya coddii
Plant... that reaches 1.5 m in height. It is a fast growing plant and has a life span of 3 to 5 years. This plant species has a single greenish stem, forms new shoots ... flowers attract insects like bees and butterflies. This plant species is pollinated by bees. Seeds are dispersed by ...
Chlorophytum capense
PlantCape spider plant, bracket plant National Zoological Gardens Chlorophytum capense is an ... by means of a rhizome, forming clumps. It is an ornamental plant growing up to 600 mm tall, with narrow, green, linear, ...
Hygrophila auriculata
Plant... shrub or annual that grows up to 1.5 m tall. This plant has a straight, quadrangular, unbranched or sparsely ... has 2 yellow-orange spots. It is a winter flowering plant, flowering from June to August in South Africa. The ... egg-shaped. Hygrophila auriculata is a widely distributed plant and is beneficial to a wide range of both aquatic and ...
Mentha aquatica
Plant... with rhizomatous roots and a strong scent of mint. This plant thrives in warm climatic regions and is a fast grower, ... and quite pleasant aroma, there is no doubt that this plant has a bunch of visitors, including humans too. During the flowering season, this plant is visited by pollinators such as butterflies, ...
... emerge from a swollen rootstock. The appearance of the plant varies depending on its growing environment. In its ... rise above the leaves. These hairs are scattered over the plant resulting in white woolliness covering the densely ... close-up of an Anacampseros filamentosa subsp. filamentosa plant growing in the wild, showing the leaves and cobwebby ...
... of high temperatures, strong winds and salt sprays. This plant rarely inhabits inland habitats, due to its limited ... off a day after opening. The primary pollinators of this plant are bees. Bees are attracted to this plant because of the ultraviolet light patterns of the ...
coral ursinia, crimson ursinia Kirstenbosch NBG This plant is a herbaceous, perennial shrub with a rounded or ... shoots, sprouting from a semi-woody perennial stem. The plant is well branched and has fairly tight growth. Crimson ... this is why the Plants of Southern Africa (POSA) database lists the name simply as Ursinia chrysanthemoides. (POSA does ...
Ledebouria loedolffiae
Plant... Eastern Cape. Ledebouria loedolffiae is a drought tolerant plant, the fleshy bulb scales store sufficient moisture to carry the plant through dry periods. The bulb grows above the substrate ... and the leaves are in an apical rosette, this enables the plant to maximise photosynthesis. The plant proliferates from ...
Bulbine angustifolia
Plant... appearance and are borne on long, slender pedicels. The plant produces a narrow, cylindrical capsule that is about 10 ... of the arid and semi-arid regions where it occurs. The plant is adapted to survive in dry and infertile soils and ... temperatures and periods of drought. It is a succulent plant, which means that it stores water in its leaves and ...
Gladiolus serpenticola
Plant... by several, brown, fibrous layers known as a tunic. The plant produces 8 to 10 sword-shaped, grey green, narrow ... dispersed by wind. Gladiolu s plants are used as a food plant by the larvae of Lepidoptera species, including Large ... soil occurs. Iridaceae Gladiolus serpenticola is an easy plant to grow and can be propagated in spring using corms and ...