West Coast Municipal District (DC1)
This is a broad mainly lowland municipal region of the Cape (Code DC1) that extends from the coast north of Cape Town to Namaqualand. It includes many of the the mountains of the Cedarberg, Piketberg and a portion of the Roggeveld escarpment. It extends north till the borderline with the Northern Cape - between Garies and Bitterfontein and in line with Lepelfontein near the coast. The West Coast lowlands region is a far smaller region that excludes the Cedarberg mountains and ends further south around Van Rhynsdorp.
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Gethyllis
Oxalis hirta
Asparagus
Empodium veratrifolium
Oxalis pusilla
Cheiridopsis rostrata
Cotula filifolia
Aloe
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Taxonomy term
Ornithogalum graminifolium
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From the Latin gramineus = 'grass-like' and folius = 'leaves'
Oxalis
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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.
Oxalis hirta
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From the Latin hirtus = 'hairy' and flora = 'flower'
Passerina ericoides
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From the Latin -oides meaning ‘resembling'; resembling the genus Erica, the heath
Passerina vulgaris
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Pelargonium fulgidum
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From the Latin fulgens = 'shining', 'shiny', 'bright' or 'glittering'
Pelargonium gibbosum
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From the Latin gibbosus = ‘humped / pouched / tuberculed'
Pelargonium multiradiatum
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From the Latin miultus = 'many' or 'much' and radiatus = 'radiated'
Pelargonium myrrhifolium
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From the Greek ‘myrrhi’ / ‘myrrhis’ meaning ‘myrrh’; and the Latin ‘folium’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Pelargonium senecioides
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From the Latin -oides = 'resembling', or 'like'; i.e. resembling the genus Senecio (Asteraceae)
Pelargonium suburbanum subsp. bipinnatifidum
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From the Latin bi- = 'two' and pinnatifidus = ‘divided into feathers’; it is split two-ways