Darling Wildflower Area
This is the broad area that encompasses the deep sands and renosterveld of Darling and the surrounds.
Nodes
Lessertia frutescens
Berzelia lanuginosa
Osteospermum clandestinum
Brunsvigia bosmaniae
Gladiolus alatus
Disparago ericoides
Silene
Babiana pygmaea
Adenogramma glomerata
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Taxonomy term
Plecostachys serpyllifolia
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From the Latin ‘serpylli’ / ‘serpyllum’ meaning ‘thyme’; and the Latin ‘folia’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Printzia polifolia
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Bearing leaves like Teucrium polium, Lamiaceae
Prismatocarpus brevilobus
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From the Latin brevis = "short" and lobus = 'lobe'
Prismatocarpus sessilis
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From the Latin ‘sessilis’ / ‘sessilis’ meaning ‘spreading’
Psoralea
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Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
Pteronia camphorata
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Smelling or resembling the camphor tree, Cinnamomum camphora
Pteronia divaricata
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From Latin divaricatus = "spreading"
Pyracantha
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Gk. pyr = fire; akanthos = thorn; alluding to the brilliant fiery colour of the berries and, to some extent, the spines. ‘Firethorn’.
Quaqua incarnata
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From the Latin incarnata / incarnatus meaning ‘flesh-coloured’
Raphanus
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Gk. raphanos = quick appearing; referring to the rapid germination and growth of the genus. Radish.
Rhus dissecta
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From the Latin ‘dissecta’ / ‘dissectus’ meaning ‘dissected’
Rhus glauca
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From the Latin glaucus = 'blue-grey'. Typically referring to the leaf colour
Rhus laevigata
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From the Latin laevigatus = ‘smooth’
Rhus lucida
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From the Latin lucidus = 'shiny' or 'glossy'
Dioecious, evergreen shrub to 3 m. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets sessile, obovate to spatulate, shiny. Flowers yellow. Drupes round, shiny. Aug.--Oct. Sandy flats and slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Citrusdal to Zimbabwe).
Ruschia
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For Ernst Julius Rusch (1867–1957), Namibian farmer, businessman and plant collector. He came to South-West Africa (Namibia) in 1890, where he grew succulent plants and later established a nursery at Lichtenstein, near Windhoek, Namibia. He and his son Ernst Franz Rusch Jnr (1897–1964) made many collecting trips together. He was one of the founders of Windhoek, and was given freedom of the city on his 60th birthday.