Euphorbia tuberosa
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:47pm
Darling Municipal Wildflower Reserve
This is a small fragment of precious renosterveld on a hill above Darling. A few near-endemics occur in the reserve so it is of high conservation value
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Geissorhiza monanthos
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:45pm
Romulea cruciata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:48pm
Albuca flaccida
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:44pm
Babiana melanops
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:36pm
Dimorphotheca cuneata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:27pm
Muraltia macropetala
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:23pm
Aristea africana
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:21pm
Euphorbia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:17pm
Drosera cistiflora
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
10/09/2012 - 1:15pm
Taxonomy term
G
Euphorbia
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
S
Romulea cruciata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘cruciata’ / ‘cruciatus’ meaning ‘cross-shaped’
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 5--12 cm, corm pointed at base. Basal leaves 2--several. Flowers magenta to lilac with dark blotches at edges of yellow cup. July--Sept. Sandstone and granite slopes and rocks, NW, SW, AP, LB (Bokkeveld Mts to Gourits River).