Helichrysum odoratissimum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:49pm
Collection:
Naude's Nek Pass
At the southernmost tip of Lesotho, in the Drakensberg range, lies the spectacular Naude's Nek pass.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Hermannia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:51pm
Collection:
Dichilus strictus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:48pm
Collection:
Diascia integerrima
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:48pm
Collection:
Aster bakeranus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:44pm
Collection:
Senecio isatideus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:39pm
Collection:
Harveya speciosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:31pm
Collection:
Geranium pulchrum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:26pm
Collection:
Lotononis sericophylla
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 6:10pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
08/02/2008 - 3:38pm
Collection:
Pages
Taxonomy term
S
Androcymbium longipes
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Short etymology:
From the Latin longus = 'long' and pes = 'foot'. In plants, this often refers to the base of the leaf or flower.
Description:
Acaulescent, cormous geophyte. Leaves spreading, narrowly lanceolate, channelled. Flowers enclosed in leaf-like, green bracts, tepals with very long claws, auriculate below. Apr.--Jan. Moist slopes and stony grasslands, KM, SE (Ladismith to E Cape).G
Asclepias
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of Aesculapius, mythological god of medicine.
G
Aster
NE
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Short etymology:
Name from the Greek aster, a star.
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Aster bakeranus
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Short etymology:
Description:
Roughly hairy perennial to 70 cm. Leaves lanceolate, margins revolute, lightly toothed, 3--5--veined from the base. Flower heads radiate, solitary, subscapose, blue or white with yellow disc. Mainly Nov.--May. Rocky grassland, SE (George to Tanzania).
G
Berkheya
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of Lefranq von Berkhey.
G
Bulbine
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
G
Cephalaria
NE
5
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Short etymology:
Gk. kephale = head; -aria = pertaining to. The flowers are aggregated into pedunculate heads.
G
Cerastium
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. keras = horn; referring to the shape of the ‘horned’ seed capsules.
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Cotyledon orbiculata
(Kouterie)5
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘orbiculata’ / ‘orbiculata’ meaning ‘made into an orb’
Description:
Succulent shrublet to 1 m. Leaves obovate to narrowly ovoid, sometimes velvety, with a grey bloom. Flowers several in a stout, pedunculate cyme, nodding, reddish, filaments hairy below. Sept.--Dec. Sandy or stony soils in scrub, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namibia and western South Africa).S
Crassula setulosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin setulosus = 'slightly bristly'
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Dianthus basuticus
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Short etymology:
From Lesotho, previously known as Basutoland that was a British Crown colony that existed from 1884 to 1966
Description:
Densely tufted perennial to 15 cm. Leaves linear. Flowers 1--4 on axillary scapes, pink to purple, calyx 15--20 mm long, petal limbs obovate, finely toothed. Nov.--Apr. Rocky slopes, SE (Avontuur to KwaZulu-Natal).Pages
