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Leysera tenella DC.
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Common names: common wireweed, little tortoise-tea, slender leysera, slender-leaved leysera, small-flowered leysera (Eng.); kleinskilpadteebossie, teebossie, vaalteebossie, vaaltee, skilpadteebossie, vaalteebos (Afr.)
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Imperata cylindrica (L.) Raeusch.
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Common names: silver-spike, cogon grass, cottonwool grass, beady grass, bedding grass, Ramsammy grass, river grass, silky grass, susenke, sword grass (Eng.); donsgras, sygras, beddingsgras, lalanggras, palinggras, silweraargras (Afr.); kxokwane, mohlaba-lerumo, mohlorumo, mothlorumo, qheme, tlhoromo (Sesotho); umthente (isiZulu)
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Lycium horridum Thunb.
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Common names: buck honeythorn (Eng.); bokdoring, kriedoring, kraaldoring, slangbessiebos, wolwedoring (Afr.)
SA Tree No: 669.13
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Athanasia trifurcata (L.) L.
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Common names: trifid-leaf athanasia, coulter bush, klaas louw bush, three-tooth athanasia (Eng.), kouterbos, klaaslouwbos (Afr.)
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Anthospermum spathulatum Spreng. subsp. spathulatum
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Common names: spoon flowerseed, spathulate anthospermum, jackal's tail (Eng.), jakkalsstert, skaapbos (Afr.)
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Sesamum trilobum (Bernh.) Byng & Christenh. (= Ceratotheca triloba (Bernh.) Hook.f.)
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Common names: wild foxglove, African foxglove, false foxglove (Eng.); vingerhoedblom, wildevingerhoedjie (Afr.); ludvonca, udonqa (SiSwati); udonqa, undoncalwabathwa, udonqabathwa, udongalwezithutha (isiZulu); inkunzane enkulu (isiNdebele)
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Tribolium uniolae (L.f.) Renvoize
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Common names: hare grass (Eng.); haasgras, koringgras (Afr.)
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Chloris gayana Kunth
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Common names: Hunyani grass, Rhodes grass, Rhodesian blue grass (Eng.); bruinvingergras, rhodes-gras, rooiklossiegras (Afr.); nyankomo, umyaka (isiZulu)
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Pentzia incana (Thunb.) Kuntze
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Common names: anchor karoo bush, common karoo bush, good karoo, sheep karoo, sheep bush, sweet karoo (Eng.); alsbossie, alsbos, ankerkaroo, bewerasie, gansie, gansogiebos, goedkaroo, goeie-karoo, grootkaroo, karoobos, karoobossie, karoo, kleingansie, kortbeenkaroo, skaapbos, skaapbossie, skaapkaroo, soetkaroo, vaalkaroo, vleikaroo, witkaroobos (Afr.); mohantsoana (SS)
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Mentha aquatica L.
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Common names: water mint, wild mint, wild thyme, marsh mint, aromatic thyme (Eng); waterment, kruisement, kruistement (Afr), amabunu, imbozisa, umaliwane, umayime, umnuka (isiZulu), ityaleba, icholachola, inxima, inxina (isiXhosa), koena-e-nyenyane, koane-ya-lidiba (Sesotho).
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