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Achyranthemum sordescens

Plant
Common names: dune chaff-flower
Family: Asteraceae

... and keep root disturbance to a minimum. For best results, plant the young plants out at the start of the rainy season, ...

30/11/2020 | | CREW

Cyperaceae

Plant
Common names: sedges (Eng.); biesies (Afr.)
Family: Cyperaceae

... their tubers and corms to such an extent that the crop plant is totally smothered, necessitating the use of ...

01/08/2005 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Agathosma thymifolia

Plant
Common names: limestone buchu, thyme-leaf buchu (Eng.) kalk boegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... have to cope with less water or the heat during summer. Plant the kalk boegoe with: Coleonema album , Metalasia ...

28/07/2014 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Nama-Karoo Biome

Vegetation

... may be lost. There are very few rare or Red Data Book plant species in the Nama Karoo Biome. Tourism potential is ...

Orbea

Plant
Common names: carrion flower ( Eng. ); aasblom, bokhoring (Afr.)
Family: Apocynaceae

... should be immediately cut away and disposed of and the plant should be placed in quarantine. Various commercial ...

23/01/2006 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Adansonia digitata

Plant
Common names: baobab, Cream of Tartar tree, monkey-bread tree, lemonade tree (Eng.); kremetartboom(Afr.); isimuku, umShimulu, isiMuhu (Zulu); ximuwu (Tsonga); mowana (Tswana); muvhuyu (Venda)
Family: Malvaceae

... they often take seeds of the baobab with them, which they plant at their new homestead. The bark on the lower part of ...

10/02/2003 | | Walter Sisulu NBG

Agathosma martiana

Plant
Common names: Humansdorp buchu (Eng.); Humansdorp boegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... , S. lucida , Passerina corymbosa   and Felicia echinata Plant Agathosma martiana in a sunny position that drains well ...

03/10/2022 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Agapanthus inapertus subsp. pendulus 'Graskop'

Plant
Common names: Graskop agapanthus
Family: Agapanthaceae

... itself in the leaves by means of yellow streaking. Such plant should be removed and destroyed. Finally agapanthus ...

15/01/2001 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

Digitaria eriantha

Plant
Common names: common finger grass, digit grass, giant pangola grass, Pongola finger grass, Smuts finger grass; woolly finger grass (Eng.); kortbeenhoenderspoor, kruisgras, Smutsvingergras, wolvingergras, (Afr.); isikonko (isiZulu); mangole maseka (Setswana); mmoyane, moeane ( Sesotho).
Family: Poaceae

... to this disease. This grass is attacked by white-backed plant hopper Sogatella furcifera . Symptoms of an infected ...

06/07/2020 | | National Herbarium Pretoria

Agathosma collina

Plant
Common names: dune buchu (Eng.); duineboegoe (Afr.)
Family: Rutaceae

... guthriei, D. haelkraalensis and Euchaetis meridionalis. Plant at 20-30 cm intervals, which should provide enough ...

19/09/2011 | | Kirstenbosch NBG

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