
Amatola Mountains
Amathole, means 'calves' in isiXhosa (i.e. the foothills of the Drakensberg). The Amatola Mountains form part of the southern portion of the Great Escarpment, rising over 1,800 metres above sea level. jIt includes the mountains of the Hogsback and the Amatola hikingt trail.
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Brachystelma caffrum

Aspidonepsis diploglossa

Asclepias brevipes
Fanninia caloglossa
Schizoglossum cordifolium
Pachycarpus
Brachystelma
Schizoglossum cordifolium
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Taxonomy term
Acalypha
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Gk. akalephe = a nettle or its sting. The leaves of some species are nettle-like, resembling those of Urtica, the true nettle.
Alchemilla elongata
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From the Latin elongatus = ‘elongated’
Asclepias affinis
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From the Latin affinis meaning ‘related to’, 'near to', 'resembling' or 'neigbouring'
Asclepias gibba
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From Latin gibba, a 'hump'. Typically referring to a bump.
Brachystelma
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Gk. brachys = short; stelma = crown, garland, wreath; alluding to the short staminal corona of some species.
Conophytum
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Gk. konos = cone; phytum = plant; alluding to the inverted cone shape of the plant.
Crassula setulosa
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From the Latin setulosus = 'slightly bristly'
Dierama
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Gk. diorama = a funnel; alluding to the shape of the perianth.
Disa
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Origin obscure. Börge Pettison believes the plant was named after Queen Disa who occurs in a Swedish legendary saga. The author, Peter Jonas Bergius, was a Swedish botanist.
Drosera
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Gk. droseros = dewy; alluding to the dewy glistening leaf-glands.
Eulophia aculeata
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From the Latin ‘aculeata’ / ‘aculeatus’ meaning ‘prickly’
Rhizomatous geophyte to 25 cm. Leaves partly or fully developed at flowering, linear-lanceolate, pleated. Flowers few to many in a dense raceme, dull ivory to white, tepals scarcely spreading, median sepal oblong, 6--16 mm long, lip crests of ridges and lamellate papillae, spur absent. Nov.--Jan. Fynbos and grassland, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).
Eulophia ovalis
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Euryops
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Gk. eurys = large or broad; ops = eye or face; referring to the large showy capitula or flower head.
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