Caledon lowlands
The low lying regions, particularly renosterveld in the vicinity of the town of Caledon. Much of this is transformed by farming and further denuded by herbicide treatment, cutting and brushcutting of roadside fragments.
Nodes
Asteraceae
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Babiana purpurea
Peucedanum pungens
Bulbinella nutans
Romulea hirsuta
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Sparaxis grandiflora
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Taxonomy term
Asteraceae
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Named after the genus Aster. The name Aster comes from the Ancient Greek word ἀστήρ (astḗr), meaning "star", referring to the shape of the flower head.
Bulbinella nutans
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From the Latin ‘nutans’ / ‘nutans’ meaning ‘nodding’
Gorteria
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For David de Gorter (1717–1783), Dutch botanist, physician, plant collector, professor of medicine at the University of Harderwijk, where he also studied, and possibly also for his father, Johannes de Gorter (1689–1762), professor of medicine at Harderwijk from 1725–1754. De Gorter Jr graduated in 1734. In 1735 Linnaeus came to Harderwijk where he obtained his PhD (under De Gorter Sr). A friendship sprang up between the younger De Gorter and Linnaeus. Together they made collecting trips around Harderwijk, with De Gorter subsequently authoring one of the first floras to use Linnaeus’s form of binomial nomenclature, Flora Belgica (1767). After retiring from the university, De Gorter became chief physician at the court of Elizabeth (Elizaveta Petrovna), Empress of Russia, succeeded by his son.
Romulea hirsuta
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From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Cormous geophyte, 6--10 cm, corms symmetrical, bell-shaped, stem branching above ground. Basal leaves 2, sometimes solitary. Flowers pink to rose or coppery orange with dark marks at edge of yellow cup. Aug.--Sept. Sandstone or clay slopes and flats, NW, SW (Clanwilliam to Elim).
Sparaxis grandiflora
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From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers.
Tripteris aghillana
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Named after Cape Agulhas, one of the localities where this may be found