Darling Wildflower Area
This is the broad area that encompasses the deep sands and renosterveld of Darling and the surrounds.
Nodes
Helichrysum cymosum
Vicia benghalensis
Euphorbia burmannii
Wahlenbergia longifolia
Ursinia
Wurmbea marginata
Amaryllis belladonna
Geissorhiza darlingensis
Sonderina hispida
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Taxonomy term
Melolobium humile
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From the Latin humilis = ‘humble’; referring to a low or sprawling habit
Metalasia
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Gk. meta- = meaning reverse; lasios = shaggy, woolly. The leaves are twisted, rolled upward, to present the woolly side of the leaf from the top to the bottom.
Metalasia adunca
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From the Latin aduncus meaning ‘hooked or bent’
Monopsis debilis
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From the Latin debilis meaning 'weak' or ‘fragile’
Nidorella foetida
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From the Latin 'foetidus' meaing foul smelling
Oncosiphon africanum
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From the Latin africanus meaning "from Africa"
Oncosiphon grandiflorum
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From Latin grandis = 'large' and flora = 'flower', referring to having large flowers.
Oncosiphon suffruticosum
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suffruticose means woody and perennial at the base but remaining herbaceous above
Opuntia
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La. opuntia = a plant from Opus, ancient town of Locris, Greece; prickly pear.
Osteospermum
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Gk. osteon = bone; sperma = seed. The achenes are bone-hard.
Osteospermum dentatum
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From the Latin dentatus meaning 'toothed'. Each tooth is angled equally as compared with serrate in which the projections are angled more on one side than the other (forward pointing).
Osteospermum fruticosum
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From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’