Klein Karoo
The Little Karoo is separated from the Great Karoo by the Swartberg Mountain range. Geographically, it is a 290 km long valley, only 40–60 km wide, formed by two parallel Cape Fold Mountain ranges, the Swartberg to the north, and the continuous Langeberg-Outeniqua range to the south. The northern strip of the valley, within 10–20 km from the foot of the Swartberg mountains is most un-karoo-like, in that it is a well watered area both from the rain, and the many streams that cascade down the mountain, or through narrow defiles in the Swartberg from the Great Karoo.
Nodes
APIACEAE
Senecio
Crassula
Heterolepis aliena
Crassula
Berkheya
Anisodontea bryoniifolia
Peucedanum
Cineraria
Pages
Taxonomy term
Tritonia linearifolia
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From the Latin 'linea' meaning line and 'folia' meaning leaf, implies straight narrow line-like leaves
Tritonia pallida
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pallida=pale
Tromotriche
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Gk. tromos = trembling; trichos = hair, hairy; referring to the vibratile corolla hairs.
Tylecodon wallichii
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Named after Nathaniel Wallich (1786-1854), a Danish botanist and physician who extensively worked in India and made significant contributions to the study of Indian plants.
Ursinia
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Named in honour of Johann Ursinus of Regensburg, the author of Arboretum Biblicum. Sphenogyne R.Br. is not considered separable.
Ursinia anthemoides
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Veronica
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Probably after St Veronica, the maiden who handed her handkerchief to Jesus on his way to Calvary. He wiped his brow and returned the handkerchief, which now bore his likeness and so was called vera-ikon = true likeness, and the maiden became St Veronica (Brewer). The allusion is obscure.
Vexatorella obtusata
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From the Latin obtusus = ‘blunt'
Viscum
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Latin name for birdlime, a sticky substance made from the plant’s berries and smeared on branches to catch birds. Classical Latin name for mistletoe, derived ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning ‘sticky’; hence the English word viscid.