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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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10/12/2015 - 1:37pm
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10/12/2015 - 1:33pm
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10/12/2015 - 1:20pm
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10/12/2015 - 1:07pm
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Taxonomy term
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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.
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Pachycarpus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
From the Greek pachys, thick; karpos, fruit.
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Polygala
NE
7
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Short etymology:
Gk. poly = much; gala = milk; so-called from the belief that cattle grazing in fields with this plant produced more milk. (San Marcos growers in the United States claim that Polygala virgata ‘Portola’ has this property but the authors could find no scientific evidence).
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Psammotropha
NE
14
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Short etymology:
Gk. psammos = sand; trophos = a nurse, feeder; referring to the environment which nurtures and cares for the flowering plants.
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Psammotropha mucronata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
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Restio
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. restis = rope, cord-like; referring to a common use for the plant. Restios is known to have been used for rope.
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Schizoglossum
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. schizo = split; glossa = a tongue. The corolla is lobed almost to its base in some species.
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Tetraria cuspidata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin cuspidatus meaning ‘pointed’
Description:
Tufted perennial, 30--60 cm. Spikelets dark brown. Aug.--Nov. Mountain slopes, NW, SW, AP, SE (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula to Mpumalanga).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.
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Tritonia disticha
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
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Tritonia disticha subsp. rubrolucens
NE
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘di’ / ‘di’ meaning ‘two’; and the Greek ‘sticha’ / ‘stichos’ meaning ‘row’.The leaves are in two rows.
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Ursinia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Named in honour of Johann Ursinus of Regensburg, the author of Arboretum Biblicum. Sphenogyne R.Br. is not considered separable.
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Valeriana capensis
(Wildebalderjan)
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Short etymology:
From the Cape Province of South Africa, previously known as the Cape Colony. -ensis is a Latin adjectival suffix meaning “pertaining to or “originating in,” Thus these organisms were first discovered in the Cape. In the early days of exploration this epithet was frequently applied to anywhere in South Africa or even Southern Africa
Description:
Tufted rhizomatous perennial to 1 m. Leaves pinnatisect, leaflets smaller toward the base, upper leaves opposite and sessile. Flowers in corymbose panicles, cream to pinkish. Fruits with a plumose apical pappus. Nov.--Feb. Sandstone slopes in moist sites, SW, KM, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to S tropical Africa).Pages
