Rothmannia capensis Thunb.
Common names: Cape gardenia, common rothmannia, wild gardenia (Eng.); Kaapse katjiepiering, wildekatjiepiering (Afr.); modulatshwene (Northern Sotho); mukubudu (Tshivenda); umphazane-mkhulu (isiZulu); isithebe, umzukuza, ibolo (isiXhosa).
SA Tree No: 693
Medium to tall tree, 7–15(–25) m high. Leaves opposite, occasionally in whorls of three, clustered towards the end of the branches, elliptic, 75–100 × 25–40 mm, leathery, dark shiny green, paler beneath, hairy pockets (domatia) present on the undersurface, margins entire, wavy, tip tapering or rounded, base tapering; petiole almost absent. The upper expanded part of the calyx never splitting, always bearing filiform to linear lobes; the bases somewhat widened but always clearly separated by sinuses. Flowers are widely bell-shaped, up to 80 mm long, 60 – 70 diam., white to creamy yellow with maroon streaks in the throat. Flowering time: early to late summer (December–February).
Occurs on forest margins and rocky outcrops from the Western Cape to Botswana.

Rothmannia fischeri (K.Schum.) Bullock subsp. moramballae (Hiern) Bridson
Common name: sand false-gardenia (Eng.)
SA Tree No: 694.1
The upper expanded part of the calyx often splitting, with short lobes 1–3 mm long. The corolla tube is narrowly cylindrical in the lower part and approximately campanulate above, 50–70 × 20–30 mm, wide at the mouth, with the cylindrical part at least half the length of the campanulate part; lobes 25–35 mm long.
Flowering time: spring to late summer (October–February), after rain.
Occurs in moist places in mixed evergreen forests, sandy forests or riverbanks in KwaZulu-Natal, Mozambique and eastern Zimbabwe.

Scabiosa africana L.
Cape scabious, pincushion (Eng.). koringblom (Afr.)
Herbaceous perennial, flowering stems erect, leafy at the base, ±1 m high. Leaves radical, simple, shortly connate, oblanceolate, 40–90(–150)× (35–55) mm, soft textured, pubescent, irregularly toothed; upper cauline leaves reduced, undivided or lyrate to pinnatisect, with three or more lobes per side, terminal lobe lanceolate. Capitula up to 50 mm wide, flowers lavender blue, pale mauve, purple.
Flowering time: winter, spring and early summer (July to November).
Occurs on sheltered sandstone slopes of the Cape Peninsula in the Western Cape, growing in well-drained loam or sandy or rocky soils.

Scabiosa incisa Mill.
coast scabious (Eng.), koringblommetjie (Afr.), isilawu esikhulu, iyeza lamehlo (isiXhosa)
Herbaceous perennial, flowering stems erect, leafy at the base, 0.43 m high. Leaves radical, lyrate-pinnatisect to bipinnatisect, petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, 50–70 × 10–15 mm, pubescent, deeply lobed; upper cauline leaves reduced, otherwise similar. Capitula up to 30 mm wide, flowers white or pink.
Flowering time: spring and early summer (September to November).
Occurring along the coastal sands, from Bokbaai to Makhanda (Grahamstown), frequent in limestone.