Jonaskop
A 1646m high peak on the north side of the Riviersonderend mountains. It has been sjubject to transplant experiments
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Brunia variabilis
Ursinia heterodonta
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Esterhuysenia stokoei
Pinus radiata
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Stilbe serrulata
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Stilbe serrulata
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Taxonomy term
Stayneria
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For Frank James Stayner (1907–1981), South African horticulturist, specialist on succulent plants, trained with the Port Elizabeth parks department from 1928 to 1932 and at the Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew from 1933–1934. He was assistant superintendent of parks in the Port Elizabeth parks department from 1935–1946, farmed from 1947–1948, and worked as a horticulturalist for Ford Motor Company from 1949–1954. He farmed again in 1955, was with the parks department again from 1956–1959, and was curator of the (newly named) Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden at Worcester from 1959–1969.
Stilbe
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Gk. stilbo = to shine; also a nymph in Greek mythology, daughter of the river god Peneus and the Naiad Creusa, but ‘the allusion is not clear’ (WPU Jackson). The inflorescence of S. vestita often shines like lighted candles at the top of a candelabra (Hugh Clarke).
Stilbe serrulata
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From the Latin serratus = a 'saw', ula = a diminutive meaning 'little' and atus = 'having'; i.e. having a little saw
Closely leafy shrub to over 1 m. Leaves imbricate, ascending, linear-elliptic, in whorls of 4, minutely serrate, punctate above, 2-grooved below. Flowers in crowded spikes, white, calyx membranous, corolla weakly bilabiate, hairy in the throat. Jan--Feb. Sandstone slopes, SW (Riviersonderend Mts).