Senecio speciosus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 4:03pm
Collection:
Gaika's Kop
A spectacular mountain peak above the town of Hogsback
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Geranium
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 12:17pm
Collection:
Silene undulata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 11:09am
Collection:
Indigofera hedyantha
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 11:03am
Collection:
Schizocarphus nervosus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 11:01am
Collection:
Buchnera glabrata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 7:00pm
Collection:
Protea caffra
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 6:55pm
Collection:
Erica brownleeae
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 6:36pm
Collection:
Disa aconitoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 7:01pm
Collection:
Disa versicolor
Locality:
Name of observer:
Cameron McMaster (David)
Date observed:
14/01/2012 - 5:29pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Agapanthus praecox
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Short etymology:
From the Latin praecox = precocious; typically referring to early flowering though it can also mean showy
Description:
Rhizomatous evergreen geophyte, 50--100 cm. Leaves suberect, strap-shaped. Flowers broadly funnel-shaped, blue to white, thin in texture. Dec.--Feb. SE (Knysna to E Cape).G
Albuca
NE
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Short etymology:
La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
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Aristea
NE
1
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Short etymology:
From the Latin arista meaning "point, ear of grain." The leaf is invariably pointed.
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Berkheya speciosa
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Short etymology:
From the Latin speciosa / speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’
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Buchnera glabrata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin glabra / glaber meaning ‘smooth’ or 'bald' referring to the lack of hairs
Description:
Hemi-parasitic perennial to 30 cm. Leaves mostly basal, shortly scabrid. Flowers crowded in dense spikes, purple or white. Dec.--Apr. Marshy mountain slopes, SW, LB, SE (Franschhoek to Mpumalanga).G
Cerastium
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. keras = horn; referring to the shape of the ‘horned’ seed capsules.
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Crotalaria
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. krotalos = rattle. The dry seed pods rattle when shaken.
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Cycnium
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. kyknos = swan; probably referring to the slender, elongated corolla tube like a swan’s neck.
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Disa aconitoides
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Short etymology:
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
Description:
Slender tuberous geophyte to 60 cm. Leaves cauline, lanceolate. Flowers many, mauve, spur massive, conical, laterally flattened, usually with rounded apex, 5--8 mm long, lateral sepals narrowly oblong, 5--7 mm long. Nov.--Dec. Grassland, SE (Knysna to tropical Africa).S
Gazania krebsiana
(Rooigazania)5
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Short etymology:
From the German ‘krebsiana’ / ‘Krebs’ meaning ‘commemorating a botanist of this name’
Description:
Tufted acaulescent perennial to 20 cm. Leaves linear-oblanceolate or pinnatisect, white felted below, margins revolute. Flower heads radiate, yellow to orange, inner bracts acute. Mainly Sept.--Jan. Roadsides, flats or lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (throughout southern Africa to Tanzania).G
Geranium
NE
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Short etymology:
L. Gk. geranos = a crane. The seed pod resembles a crane’s head and beak.
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Helichrysum
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. (h)elios = sun; chrysos = gold; referring to the bright yellow flowerheads of many of the flowers of species in this genus.
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Helichrysum cymosum
3
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Short etymology:
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
Description:
Straggling, thinly woolly shrub to 1 m. Leaves linear to elliptic, thinly silky or hairs skin-like above, white-felted beneath, margins lightly revolute. Flower heads disciform, occ. discoid, crowded in terminal corymbs, cylindric, yellow, c. 3 S
Hypericum aethiopicum
2
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Short etymology:
From the Latin aethiopicus = 'Ethiopia'; pertaining frequently to Africa in general, not just Ethiopia.
Description:
Perennial to 30 cm with terete or flattened stems from a woody rootstock. Leaves spreading, ovate, margins often revolute. Flowers 1--many in a cyme, gland-dotted, yellow. Sept.--Dec. Damp clay flats and slopes, KM, LB, SE (Riversdale to Zimbabwe).S
Kniphofia triangularis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘triangularis’ / ‘triangularis’ meaning ‘triangular’
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