Groot Winterberg
Highest point: 2369m (Groot Winterberg Peak)
Vegetation types: Amatole Mistbelt Grassland, Amatole Montane Grassland, Southern Mistbelt Forest
Geology: Sandstone, Granite, Dolerite
Nodes
Crassula orbicularis
Euphorbia pulvinata
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Albuca
Hyobanche
Delosperma
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Taxonomy term
Agapanthus
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Gk. agapē = love; anthos = flower. Derivation unknown. Agapeo means ‘to be contented with’. Perhaps the author, L’Héritier, was expressing his pleasure, i.e. ‘flower with which I am well pleased’.
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.
Bulbine narcissifolia
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Bearing leaves resembling the daffodil, Narcissus, named after the Greek mythological figure Narcissus who was beautiful and fell in love with his reflection when he saw it in a pool.
Cotyledon campanulata
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From the Latin campanularis = 'bell shaped'; referring to the flower shape
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Crassula capitella
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From the Latin ‘capitella’ / ‘capitelllum’ meaning ‘little head’
Crassula lanceolata
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From the Latin term for a spear or lance, and is usually used to indicate a species with narrow leaves that taper to a point at one end
Crassula lanuginosa
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From the Latin lanuginosus meaning ‘with woolly down’; referring to a woolly covering of hair
Crassula muscosa
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From the Latin ‘muscosa’ / ‘muscosus’ meaning ‘mossy’
Crassula nudicaulis
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From the Latin nudus = 'naked' and caulis = 'stem'
Crassula setulosa var. rubra
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From the Latin rubra = ‘red’
Cyanotis speciosa
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From the Latin speciosa / speciosus meaning ‘beautiful’