
Gaika's Kop
A spectacular mountain peak above the town of Hogsback
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Geranium

Silene undulata

Indigofera hedyantha

Schizocarphus nervosus

Buchnera glabrata

Protea caffra

Erica brownleeae

Disa aconitoides

Disa versicolor
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Taxonomy term
Agapanthus praecox
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From the Latin praecox = precocious; typically referring to early flowering though it can also mean showy
Albuca
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La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
Aristea
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From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
Berkheya speciosa
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From the Latin speciosa / speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’
Buchnera glabrata
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From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Cerastium
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Gk. keras = horn; referring to the shape of the ‘horned’ seed capsules.
Crotalaria
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Gk. krotalos = rattle. The dry seed pods rattle when shaken.
Cycnium
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Gk. kyknos = swan; probably referring to the slender, elongated corolla tube like a swan’s neck.
Disa aconitoides
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Used by Theophrastus & Nicander for a poisonous plant growing on sheer cliffs, Aconitum is the wolf's bane or monk's hood and -oides denotes resemblance; i.e. it resembles Aconitum
Gazania krebsiana
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From the German ‘krebsiana’ / ‘Krebs’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
Geranium
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L. Gk. geranos = a crane. The seed pod resembles a crane’s head and beak.
Helichrysum
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Gk. (h)elios = sun; chrysos = gold; referring to the bright yellow flowerheads of many of the flowers of species in this genus.
Helichrysum cymosum
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From the Latin cymosus = 'cymose' - an arrangement of flowers in a cyme which is an inflorescence in which the primary axis bears a single terminal flower which develops first, the inflorescence being continued by secondary, tertiary, and other axes
Hypericum aethiopicum
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From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Kniphofia triangularis
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From the Latin ‘triangularis’ / ‘triangularis’ meaning ‘triangular’
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