Tylecodon grandiflorus
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Darling Wildflower Area
This is the broad area that encompasses the deep sands and renosterveld of Darling and the surrounds.
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Senecio scapiflorus
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Asclepias crispa
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Trachyandra hispida
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Gethyllis ciliaris
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Erica
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Felicia heterophylla
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Metalasia adunca
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Lessertia
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Oncosiphon grandiflorum
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Lynda de Wet (David)
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Crassula capensis
(Cape Snowdrop)2
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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:
Tuberous geophyte,5--20 cm. Leaves opposite, in 2 or 3(4) pairs, the lower sub-petiolate, thin-textured, obovate to cuneate-suborbicular, crenate. Flowers in a pedunculate, subumbellate thyrse, star-shaped, white to pinkish, petals 3--8 mm long, squamae at least as broad as long. May--Nov. Damp slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB (Clanwilliam to Riversdale).S
Crassula multiflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin multi meaning ‘many’; and the Latin flora meaning ‘flower’. i.e. it has abundant flowers
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Shrublet to 80 cm, branching mainly above. Leaves opposite, oblong-elliptic, margins with rounded cilia. Flowers many in flat-topped to rounded clusters on short peduncles, cream, sessile, tubular, petals c. 4 mm long. Dec.--Feb. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB (Keeromsberg to Langeberg and Swartberg Mts).S
Crassula muscosa
(Veterbos)4
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘muscosa’ / ‘muscosus’ meaning ‘mossy’
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Sprawling, closely leafy perennial with woody stems, 10--50 cm. Leaves opposite, imbricate, ovate-triangular, fleshy. Flowers in sessile axillary cymes, star-shaped, yellowish green, petals 1--2 mm long, sepals to two-thirds as long. Mainly Oct.--Feb. Rocky flats and slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to E Cape and Free State).S
Crassula natans
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From the Latin ‘natans’ / ‘natans’ meaning ‘swimming’
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Erect or floating annual, occ. rhizomatous perennial, 2--25 cm. Leaves opposite, linear to obovate, upper floating leaves occ. broader. Flowers 1--3 in the upper axils, star-shaped, white or pinkish, petals 1.5--2 mm long, ovules 1 per carpel. May--Oct. Moist depressions or pools, NW, SW, AP, KM, SE (widespread in South Africa and Lesotho).S
Crassula nudicaulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin nudus = 'naked' and caulis = 'stem'
Description:
Tufted perennial with fleshy branches. Leaves oblong-elliptic, to orbicular, glabrous or pubescent, margins often ciliate. Flowers in small clusters forming elongate panicles, white to cream, c. 4 mm long. Sept.--Dec. Dry stony slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Mts to N Province).S
Crassula pellucida
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Short etymology:
From the Latin pellucidus = 'translucent'
Description:
Sept.--Feb. Sprawling perennial, occ. annual. Leaves opposite, mostly sessile, elliptic to oblanceolate, margin colourless or red. Flowers in terminal clusters, occ. solitary, stellate, white, often tinged pink, petals 3--5 mm long. Sept.--Feb. Sheltered rocky slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Mts to Ethiopia).S
Crassula saxifraga
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Short etymology:
From the Latin saxum = ‘boulder’ and fraga meaning ‘breaking’; referring to the rocky habit of the plant
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Crassula tomentosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly'
Description:
Tufted perennial or biennial to 60 cm. Leaves oblong to orbicular, tomentose to rugose, margins ciliate. Flowers in elongate, subsessile, spike-like clusters, tubular, subsessile, whitish to yellow, petals 3-4.5 mm long. Aug.--Dec. Stony slopes, NW, SW, KM, LB (S Namibia to Gouritz).
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Cuscuta nitida
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Short etymology:
From the Latin nitidus = 'shining' or 'bright'
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Cybistetes longifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and the Latin folius = ‘leaf’
Description:
Bulbous geophyte, 25--35 cm. Leaves dry or emergent at flowering, 9--14, prostrate, falcate with truncate tips. Flowers widely funnel-shaped, cream to pink, lily-scented. Dec.--Apr. Sandy flats, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula and Bonnievale).S
Cyphia bulbosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin bulbosa = 'having bulbs'
Description:
Glabrescent tuberous perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal but grading into the bracts, palmatisect, occ. palmatifid, margins lightly revolute, paler beneath. Flowers in terminal or axillary racemes, showy, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 8--13 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, 2 anthers bearded. Aug.--Nov., often after fire. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW (Cedarberg Mts to Cape Peninsula).S
Cyphia crenata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin crenatus = ‘notched' or 'battlemented', like the wall of a castle
Description:
Twining tuberous perennial. Leaves linear-lanceolate to ovate, toothed, often shortly lobed below, usually ascending. Flowers 1--3 in the upper axils, bilabiate, laterally slit, white to mauve, 9--11 mm long, calyx truncate below, divided almost to the base, the ovary c. superior, stamens 5--6 mm long, all anthers bearded. July--Sept. Sandy flats and slopes, often coastal, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Cape Peninsula).S
Cyphia phyteuma
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘phyteuma’ / ‘phyteuma’ meaning ‘that which is planted’
Description:
Glabrescent tufted tuberous perennial to 40 cm. Leaves rosulate, oblanceolate, lightly toothed. Flowers in a scapose, spiralling spike-like raceme, subsessile, scape minutely bracteate, bilabiate, laterally slit, whitish to brown or mauve, 16--20 mm long, stamens c. 6 mm long, all anthers bearded. Sept.--Oct. Sandy and stony flats and slopes, NW, SW, LB (Bokkeveld Mts to Riversdale).S
Cytinus sanguineus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin sanguine meaning 'bloody' in reference to the blood-red flowers
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