Satyrium odorum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:57pm
Collection:
Wynberg Hill - M3 Zonnestraal
A roadside verge on Wynberg Hill adjacent to Zonnestraal property. In 2015 it experienced a fire and was protected from mowing and over 100 plant species have been identified from the area.
Nodes
Geissorhiza aspera
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:03pm
Collection:
Oftia africana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:55pm
Collection:
Lobostemon fruticosus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:40pm
Collection:
Moraea tricuspidata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:20pm
Collection:
Hemimeris montana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 6:47pm
Collection:
Baeometra uniflora
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:23pm
Collection:
Pelargonium capitatum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 8:15pm
Collection:
Metalasia muricata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:58pm
Collection:
Lobostemon
Locality:
Name of observer:
Observer unknown (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 7:54pm
Collection:
Taxonomy term
G
Chrysanthemoides
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Chrysanthemum (q.v.); Gk. -oides = resembling.
S
Chrysanthemoides monilifera
(Bietou)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘anthe’ / ‘anthos’ meaning ‘flower ’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Description:
Rounded shrub to over 1.5 m, thinly woolly on young parts. Leaves obovate to elliptic, toothed, dark green, leathery. Flower heads radiate, few in terminal corymbs on short peduncles, yellow. Mainly Mar.--July. Sandstone and limestone slopes and flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to tropical Africa).G
Geissorhiza
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. geisson = title; rhiza = root; alluding to the regular overlapping of the corm tunics in some species.
G
Hemimeris
NE
12
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Short etymology:
Gk. hemi- = half; meros = a part or fragment; referring to the flower that is cut away on one side, that is, lacking a spur.
S
Hemimeris montana
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Short etymology:
From the Latin montanus = ‘relating to mountains’
G
Lachenalia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For Werner de Lachenal (1736–1800), Swiss professor of botany and anatomy at the University of Basel from 1776, eminent for his knowledge of European plants. He obtained his PhD in 1763. He was a pupil of Haller, who was one of his main correspondents, providing him with details of flora and their location around Basel, the Jura mountains, Alsat and Bruntrutain. He was a friend of Linnaeus. He authored several monographs in Acta Helvetica. While at the university he substantially improved its botanical garden, the oldest in Switzerland, that had fallen into disrepair. He continually strived to obtain funds to reconstruct and develop the garden and to pay for its gardener. He opened the garden to the public to cover expenditures.
G
Lobostemon
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. lobos = lobe; stemon = thread, stamen; referring to the filaments being opposite the corolla lobes.
G
Muraltia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
G
Othonna
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
G
Thesium
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Derivation uncertain. Gk. thes = a hired labourer. An ancient name for a species of Linaria, toad flax, used by Pliny the Elder. Georg Christian Wittstein traces this to the legendary hero Theseus, who slew the Minotaur and to whom Ariadne gave a wreath in which this plant was woven.
