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Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.
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Common names: common ice plant, crystalline ice plant, rosa de jericho (Eng.); brakslaai, brakvy, noeta, olifantslaai, slaai, slaaibos, slaaibossie, soutslaai, volstruisslaai (Afr.)
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Sporobolus africanus (Poir.) Robyns & Tournay
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Common names: rat’s tail dropseed, rat’s tail grass, rush grass, tough dropseed (Eng.); fynsaadgras, saadgras, taaipol, vleigras, rotstert, taaipolfynsaadgras (Afri.); matshiki (isiZulu)
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Asparagus rubicundus P.J.Berguis
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Common names: red-stemmed asparagus, wild asparagus (Eng.); wag-‘n-bietjie, swart haakdoring (Afr.)
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Ipomoea cairica (L.) Sweet var. cairica
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Common names: coast morning glory, five-fingered morning glory, Cairo morning glory, Messina creeper, mile-a-minute, (Eng.); ihlambe, ijalamu, intana, umaholwana (isiZulu)
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Barleria oxyphylla Lindau
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Common names: turf barleria
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Helichrysum patulum (L.) D.Don
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Common names: honey everlasting (Eng.); kooigoed (Afr.); impepho (isXhosa); phefo (Sesotho).
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Chrysocoma ciliata L.
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Common names: bitter bush, bitter cowcud (Eng.); bitterbos (Afr.); sehalahala (Sesotho)
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Crotalaria magaliesbergensis A.S.Flores & Sch.Rodr.
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Common names: Magaliesberg rattlepod (Eng.); magaliesberg jaagsiektebossie (Afr.)
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Euryops linifolius (L.) DC.
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Common names: narrow-leaved resin bush (Eng.); smalblaarharpuisbos (Afr.)
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Selago villicaulis Rolfe ‘Purple Turtle’
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Common names: purple turtle selago
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