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Hydnora africana
Plant... (Afr.) Harold Porter NBG Hydnora africana is a parasitic plant on species of the genus Euphorbia. It has such an ... physical appearance that one would never say it is a plant. It looks astonishingly similar to fungi, and is only ... distinguishable from fungi when the flower has opened. The plant body is completely leafless, is devoid of chlorophyll, ...
Syncolostemon canescens
Plant... in the middle and shortest near the edge, which gives the plant a naturally rounded habit. Leaves are opposite, linear ... is a small, black nutlet. The fruits often ripen on the plant, nestled within each persistent calyx long after the ... oils in the leaves act as a chemical defence against plant-eating insects or animals, making them unpalatable or ...
Ruttya fruticosa
Plantjammy mouth, rabbit ears, bunny ears, hummingbird plant, orange bird, orange dragon, monkey face, African ... of 3 m. Ruttya fruticosa is a fast growing, evergreen plant with a bushy or vine-like growth habit. The bark is ... the seeds so that they land far away from the parent plant. Ruttya fruticosa is a tropical plant that likes lots ...
Didelta spinosa
Plant... The leaves are arranged opposite to one another on the plant. The large yellow flower heads are solitary at the ... possible pollinators too. Perdebos is also a water-wise plant, ideal for the low rainfall areas in the Western and ... because of the variable rainfall in the areas where the plant occurs. Asteraceae Sow the seeds in autumn, in a ...
Limeum aethiopicum
Plant... comm). In road verges, where it is not grazed, a single plant can be a square metre in area, but in rangeland most ... on the small, dainty, green and white flower heads of this plant, is potentially responsible for pollination (Gess & ... winter rainfall when conditions are favourable. Grow the plant asexually from stem cuttings taken in autumn. Dip the ...
... are scented, bright yellow but may also be white. This plant can be easily confused with Crassula alba . The two ... and can be carried some distance away from the parent plant. This plant dies back after flowering and grows again from the base ...
Senecio speciosissimus
Plant... Harold Porter NBG Senecio speciosissimus is a fast-growing plant with lance-shaped leaves which are noticeably very compact, especially on the upper part of the plant. The leaves are quite leathery and the margins appear ... S. speciosissimus can reach a height of almost 2 m. This plant is often incorrectly identified as Senecio coleophyllus ...
Encephalartos latifrons
Plant... or entirely curled back. Encephalartos is a dioecious plant which means that the male and female elements occur on ... last 25 years produced between one and seven conings per plant and between 8-14 flushes of new leaves, which ... contribution to the gene pool. Furthermore, the IUCN red lists E. latifrons as Critically Endangered, with less than ...
clasping ice plant (Eng.); klouvygie (Afr.) Karoo Desert NBG ... of 200 mm and can spread horizontally up to 1 m wide. The plant is multi-stemmed, with many small branches that are ... The stems are almost fleshy when young and harden as the plant grows older. The bark of the plant is brown and coarse ...
... high in flower. It is generally classed as a bulbous plant and grows from a vertical, subterranean rhizome which ... adjacent to the youngest leaves, towards the centre of the plant. The inflorescence is a 16–30-flowered umbel of ... dry winters. The new leaves emerge in the centre of the plant in spring and early summer, adjacent to the flower ...