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
Romulea
Protea lorifolia
Vexatorella
Gethyllis
Eriospermum
Hermannia pillansii
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Spiloxene
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Taxonomy term
Clutia ericoides
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From the Latin -oides meaning ‘resembling'; resembling the genus Erica, the heath
Colchicum
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Gk. From Colchis, an ancient region of Georgia, near the north-eastern Black Sea, in the Caucasus.
Commelina africana
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Conophytum piluliforme
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Conophytum truncatum
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From the Latin truncatus = 'squarely cut-off'
Corymbium
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Gk. korymbos = a cluster; referring to a flat-topped or rounded clustered inflorescence with the lower petals longer that the upper (i.e. a corymb).
Corymbium africanum
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From the Latin africanus meaning "from Africa"
Corymbium glabrum
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From the Latin glabra meaning ‘smooth’
Corymbium glabrum
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From the Latin glabra meaning ‘smooth’
Cotula
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Probably Gk. kotule = a little cup or hollow-shaped receptacle; referring to the shape of the involucre or of the flower head. Another source says ‘or the concave base of the stem clasping leaves’.
Cotyledon
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Gk. kotyledon = seed leaf, from kotyle = cup, bowl; referring to the bowl- or spoon-shape of the broad seed leaves.
Cotyledon orbiculata
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From the Latin ‘orbiculata’ / ‘orbiculata’ meaning ‘made into an orb’
Cotyledon tomentosa
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From the Latin tomentosus = 'densely woolly'