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Gladiolus undulatus L.
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Common names: marsh painted lady, large white Afrikaner, wavy gladiolus (Eng.), vleipypie rooibontpypie (Afr.)
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Portulaca oleracea L.
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Common names: purslane, common purslane, pigweed, pusley, wild purslane (Eng.); beesporselein, beesporslein, bobbejaandraad, gewone porslein, kanniedood, misbredie, porselane, porselein, porslein, postelein, rooipootjieporselein, rooipootjieporslein, snotterbel, varkkos, varkslaai (Afr.); selatsi (Sesotho); silele (siSwati); igwanitsha (isiXhosa), lenjana (isiZulu)
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Dracaena angolensis (Welw. ex Carrière) Byng & Christenh. (= Sansevieria cylindrica Bojer ex Hook.)
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Common names: African spear, cylindrical sansevieria, cylindrical snake plant (Eng.); silinder-slangplant (Afr.); isishwawa, isikholokotho (isiXhosa)
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Carpobrotus acinaciformis (L.) L.Bolus
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Common names: sour fig, Hottentot fig (Eng.); elandsvy, goenavy, gouna, rankvy, rankvye, strandvy, suurvy, vy, vyerank, vyeranke (Afr.).
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Pelargonium laevigatum (L.f.) Willd. subsp. laevigatum
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Common names: fine-leaf pelargonium, spearleaf storksbill (Eng.); noublaarmalva (Afr.)
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Gazania linearis (Thunb.) Druce
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Common names: narrow-leaved treasure flower, tufted gazania, bensli (Eng.) botterblom, gansblom, gousblom (Afr.); ubendle, uhlubi (isiXhosa); isiphepane, ububendle, ubuendle (isiZulu)
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Helichrysum ruderale Hilliard & B.L.Burtt
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Common names: weedy yellow everlasting (Eng.); geelsewejaaartjie (Afr.); umadotsheni (isiZulu)
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Selago corymbosa L.
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Common names: bitter bush, poverty bush (Eng.); bitterblombos, bitterblombossie, blombos, blombossie (Afr.); iyeza lamaqakuva (isiXhosa)
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Searsia gerrardii (Harv.ex Engl.) Moffett
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Common names: river karee, river currant (Eng.), riviertaaibos (Afr.), inhlokoshiyane, umhlakaza (isiZulu)
SA Tree No: 378
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Eragrostis capensis (Thunb.) Trin.
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Common names: Cape love grass, small heart-seed grass (Eng.), bosluisgras, hartjiegras, hartjie eragrostis (Afr.); baroa, baroana, la-barao, la-baroana, senana (Sesotho); umbimbane (isiZulu)
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