Oxalis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
26/08/2016 - 1:01pm
Collection:
Cape Peninsula
Rocky promontory south Cape Town from Cape Point to Table Mountain. See also the broader "Cape Town Area". Excludes the Cape Flats area.
Nodes
Sparaxis grandiflora
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
25/08/2016 - 2:42pm
Collection:
Prionium serratum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
07/12/2016 - 2:43pm
Collection:
Thamnochortus levynsiae
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 2:59pm
Collection:
Wimmerella pygmaea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 2:57pm
Collection:
Agathosma imbricata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 1:39pm
Collection:
Erica quadrisulcata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 1:36pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 1:29pm
Collection:
Tritoniopsis unguicularis
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 1:21pm
Collection:
Stoebe rosea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
09/01/2015 - 1:08pm
Collection:
Taxonomy term
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Lobelia jasionoides
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Short etymology:
Description:
Erect or sprawling perennial to 50 cm. Leaves . Flowers lilac and white. Oct.--Feb. Shady upper slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB (Gifberg to Swellendam).S
Mezleria filicaulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin fili = 'thread-like' and caulis = 'stem'; referring to a thin stem
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Oxalis
NE
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Short etymology:
From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
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Oxalis versicolor
(Candycane Sorrel)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin versicolor / versicolor meaning ‘variously coloured’; typically referring to either a flower with multiple colours, or a species that has variously coloured flowers
Description:
Caulescent geophyte with partly leafy stem to 20 cm, sometimes branching. Leaves mostly terminal, linear-conduplicate, often with marginal calli. Flowers white with yellow tube and reddish purple margins. May--Nov. Flats and slopes, 50--250 m, NW, SW (Clanwilliam to Hermanus).S
Sparaxis grandiflora
(Botterblom)
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Short etymology:
From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers.
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 10--25 cm. Leaves lanceolate, sometimes prostrate. Flowers almost actinomorphic, with unilateral stamens and style, white or yellow to plum-red. Aug.--Sept. Clay flats and slopes in renosterveld, NW, SW (Clanwilliam to Bredasdorp).