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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
01/02/2015 - 12:51pm
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Grootbos Private Nature Reserve
Grootbos is "A luxury eco-reserve close to the Southern tip of Africa tucked between mountains, forest and the sea." In the 2500 ha of fynbos, Grootbos boasts 800 plant species, 100 endangered species and 6 species discovered within the reserve.
It is a five star lodge and the only private reserve in South Africa to have produced its own comprehensive photographic field guide of plant species. It is at the cutting edge of research and is to be commended on its conservation and scientific initiatives.
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Ranunculus multifidus
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
01/02/2015 - 11:13am
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Herniaria capensis
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
01/02/2015 - 10:24am
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Notobubon ferulaceum
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
01/02/2015 - 10:12am
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Restio leptoclados
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
01/02/2015 - 11:10am
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Pulicaria scabra
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/01/2015 - 1:36pm
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Erica
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/01/2015 - 12:54pm
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Centella
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/01/2015 - 12:51pm
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Diosma subulata
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/01/2015 - 12:41pm
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Mairia coriacea
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
31/01/2015 - 12:06pm
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Agapanthus africanus
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Short etymology:
From the Latin africanus = ‘relating to Africa’
Description:
Rhizomatous evergreen geophyte, 25--70 cm. Leaves suberect, strap-shaped. Flowers broadly funnel-shaped, deep blue, thick in texture. Dec.--Apr., mainly after fire. Rocky sandstone slopes, SW, LB, AP (Cape Peninsula to Swellendam).S
Albuca acuminata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin acuminatus = ‘tapering to a point’
Description:
Bulbous geophyte, 20--30 cm, bulb scales becoming fibrous above. Leaves several, channelled, slender, clasping below. Flowers yellow to green with green keels, outer stamens sterile. Sept.--Oct. Deep sands, NW, SW, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Mossel Bay).S
Albuca juncifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin juncus = 'rush' and folius = 'lleaves'
Description:
Bulbous geophyte, 15--30 cm. Leaves several, slender and stiff, channelled below but often terete above, not clasping below. Flowers in drooping racemes, yellow with green keels, outer stamens sterile. Sept.--Oct. Sandy and calcareous flats, NW, SW, AP, LB (Ceres to Cape Peninsula to Mossel Bay).S
Alectra sessiliflora
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘sessili’ / ‘sessilis’ meaning ‘spreading’; and the Latin ‘flora’ / ‘flos’ meaning ‘flower’.
Description:
Hemi-parasitic perennial to 25 cm. Leaves coarsely toothed below, spreading, longer than the flower buds. Flowers in spikes or racemes, yellow to orange, stamens unequal, filaments glabrous. Mainly Nov.--Apr. Damp flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Gifberg to tropical Africa and Madagascar).
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Anemone vesicatoria
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Apodytes dimidiata
(Umcandathambo)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘dimiditata’ / ‘dimidiatus’ meaning ‘halved’
Description:
Small or large tree to 20 m. Leaves ovate-elliptic, obtuse, margins undulate, glossy above. Flowers many in loose, mainly terminal panicles, white, fragrant. Fruits black with red aril. Nov.--Jan. Rocky slopes and forest, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to tropical Africa).S
Asparagus capensis
(Katdoring)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:
Erect spiny shrub to 1 m, stems brush-like, with spines in threes. Cladodes mostly 5 in clusters, sublinear, hairy. Flowers 1 or 2 on an apical disc, tepals and filaments spreading. Mainly Apr.--Aug. Rocky slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to Transkei).S
Athanasia quinquedentata
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Short etymology:
from Latin quinque = 'five' and dentata = 'toothed'
Description:
Densely leafy shrublet to 60 cm. Leaves obovate, spreading to reflexed, often 3--5 toothed. Flower heads discoid, mostly in simple terminal corymbs, yellow, paleate, florets 10--40, glandular hairy in a basal ring. Oct.--Jan. Limestone and sandstone hills, SW, AP, SE (Stanford to Port Elizabeth).S
Babiana nana
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Short etymology:
From the Latin nana / nanus meaning ‘dwarf’; typically referring to the plants small stature
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 3--10 cm. Leaves often very broad, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, blue or purple with white markings, fragrant. Aug.--Sept. Coastal flats and dunes, NW, SW, AP, LB (Lambert's Bay to Mossel Bay).S
Carpobrotus edulis
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Short etymology:
From the Latin edulis meaning 'edible'
Description:
Succulent perennial with trailing stems to 2 m long. Leaves straight or slightly curved. Flowers yellow, fading to pink with age, stigmas about as long as the stamens, receptacle top-shaped, tapering into the pedicel. Fruits clavate to subglobose, yellowish. Aug.--Oct. Coastal and inland slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to E Cape).G
Centella
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Short etymology:
Gk. kentron = a spur or sharp point; -ella = diminutive; probably alluding to the small, pointed styles.
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Centella tridentata
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Short etymology:
from Latin tri = 'three' and dentata = 'toothed'. Typically referring to the leaves.
Description:
Laxly branched decumbent annual or short-lived perennial, 8--20 cm. Leaves petiolate, cuneate, densely to sparsely hairy, margin mostly 3--5-toothed teeth above. Inflorescence sessile, with four lateral shortly pedicellate male flowers and a central sessile bisexual flower, whitish. Fruits obovate, shorter than the bracts, ribbed, wrinkled, thinly hairy. Aug.--Dec. Mainly coastal flats and lower slopes, NW, SW, AP, LB, SE (Namaqualand to Port Elizabeth).Pages
