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Lantana rugosa
Plant... to lanceolate, upper surface highly fissured giving the plant a characteristic venation. Inflorescence borne on short ... green, rounded fruits that turn purple at maturity. The plant is a fast grower and can survive in various extreme conditions. The plant produces small, bright purplish berries which are eaten ...
Euphorbia mauritanica
Plant... cylindrical and smooth, with alternate leaf scars. This plant produces yellow cyathia (the term used for the ... period is in spring, between August and October. When the plant is injured, it produces milky sap at the cut. Johan ... wasps and flies visiting a flowering specimen of this plant over a three hour period in at Kirstenbosch. He ...
Delosperma gautengense
Plant... loss by reducing surface area and stomatal openings. The plant is capable of growing in nutrient-poor soils, and is ... rocky terrains. Its root system is adapted to anchor the plant firmly into the crevices of rocks, providing stability ... other insects. This mutualistic relationship ensures the plant's reproductive success while providing food resources ...
Erica verticillata
Plant... Garden. Each collection is recorded in the Kirstenbosch plant records database with a unique accession number. The ... strands that increase the water-absorbing capacity of the plant even during dry periods. The flowers attract sunbirds, ... Smoke is generated in a drum using dry and semi-dry fynbos plant material and is pumped into a sealed plastic tent ...
Cotyledon velutina
Plant... petiolaris , the Kei Pig’s Ear, which is a shorter plant, 250–350 mm tall, the leaf has a short petiole, and ... stems and leaves that store water. Crassulaceae This is a plant that requires little or not much care. Cotyledon ... rotting, hence sulfur powder is applied on the wound. Plant the cuttings in a loose, aerated growing mix, such as a ...
Streptocarpus montigena
Plant... green leaves. Unusually, no stems are present in this plant so the leaves grow continuously from their bases, all ... by a common rootstock. Each leaf is actually an individual plant with its own roots and flowering stems. From January to ... are still being introduced to the huge and growing pot-plant market. Gesneriaceae Streptocarpus montigena is a plant ...
Disa tripetaloides
PlantKirstenbosch NBG Disa tripetaloides is a slender plant, 100-600 mm high. Plants develop a network of ... is 150-250 mm long and develops from the centre of the plant. Flowers, 7-10, are carried closely or spaced out on ... clouds gives water to the streams. The fleshy roots of the plant act as a storage tuber, helping the plant to beat ...
Gonialoe variegata
Plant... the leaves form a very attractive spiral twist as the plant ages. The leaf colour may be variable depending on the ... the inflorescence can be, compared to the size of the plant. In habitat, this is particularly noticeable when the small plant advertises itself by its bright flowers that tower out ...
Hypoxis hemerocallidea
Plant... The star flower is a very attractive, hardy garden plant. It is drought-tolerant, frost-resistant, very easy to ... as it has not yet made leaves and I could not see the plant. It basically cut the bottom piece of the corm off just ... by the media in early 1997, when the hype around the plant arose, possibly after the Afrikaans 'Afrika-patat', ...
Delosperma sutherlandii
PlantSutherland’s ice plant, fire sheepfig (Eng.); Sutherland-se-vygie (Afr.) ... as the expanding keels. Fig. 2. Delosperma sutherlandii plant with mature fruits. Pollination in this genus is ... mat-forming habit, make it a good ornamental ground-cover plant. Growing conditions can be well-drained loamy or sandy ...