Opuntia
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Name of observer:
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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Babiana tubulosa
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Brunsvigia orientalis
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Arctotheca
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Silene undulata
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Caesia sabulosa
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Asparagus declinatus
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Lampranthus sociorum
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Monopsis lutea
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Date observed unknown
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Arctotis hirsuta
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Name of observer:
Lynda de Wet (David)
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Taxonomy term
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Dasispermum suffruticosum
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Short etymology:
suffruticose means woody and perennial at the base but remaining herbaceous above
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Didelta carnosa
(Kusslaaibos)
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Short etymology:
from the Latin carnosus = 'fleshy'
Description:
Rounded, thinly or densely cobwebby shrublet to 1 m. Leaves fleshy, oblanceolate. Flower heads radiate, large, yellow, bracts leafy. July--Nov. Coastal dunes and sandy flats, NW, SW (S Namibia to Cape Peninsula).G
Dimorphotheca
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. di- = two; morphe = form; theke =a fruit (a case or container); referring to the two different forms of cypselae (fruit) produced by the ray and disk flowers: those of the ray flowers wingless, three-cornered; those of the disk flattened and two-winged.
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Diospyros
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. dios = divine; pyros = literally, a ‘grain of wheat’ but in this instance fruit. The fruits are ‘divine’ – edible and very tasty. This name was originally applied to the Caucasion persimmon, Diospyros lotus.
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Disparago ericoides
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Short etymology:
From the Latin -oides meaning ‘resembling'; resembling the genus Erica, the heath
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Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
(Bokbaaivygie)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘bellidi’ / ‘bellis’ meaning ‘a daisy genus’; and the Latin ‘formis’ / ‘formis’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Description:
Tufted annual. Leaves ligulate to spathulate. Flowers on pedicels to 25 mm long, red, yellow, salmon or white, 20--30 mm diam., petals longer than the sepals. Fruits with large or small closing bulge. Aug.--Sept. Mostly on sandy flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Stilbaai).S
Dorotheanthus gramineus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin gramineus = ‘grassy’
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Drosanthemum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. drosos = dew; anthemon = flower; referring to the glittering leaf papillae.
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Drosera pauciflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin paucus = "few" and florus = "flower". This plant has few flowers.
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Elytropappus rhinocerotis
(Renosterbos)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘rhinocer’ / ‘rhinoceros’ meaning ‘rhinoceros’; and the Greek ‘otis’ / ‘otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Description:
Thinly grey-woolly, viscid shrub to 2 m with short whip-like branches. Leaves scale-like, adpressed. Flower heads discoid, few at tips of lateral branches, purple, mostly 3-flowered. Feb.--Apr. Dry shale and sandstone slopes and flats, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to E Cape and Karoo).G
Erica
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).
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