Gazania heterochaeta
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 5:48pm
Niewoudtville & Surrounds
The town of Niewoudtville is renowned for its phenomenal geophytic diversity. During Autumn it springs to life with the Amaryllidaceae forming mass-displays, and during spring the remaining bulbs showcase their floral beauty. It includes the area of Oorlogskloof, the Waterfall north of the town and the mountains to the east of the town towards Calvinia
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Cullumia pectinata
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 5:04pm
Leucadendron remotum
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 4:57pm
Xiphotheca canescens
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 4:37pm
Babiana vanzyliae
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 1:20pm
Arctotis acaulis
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 12:37pm
Podalyria leipoldtii
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 12:13pm
Crassula fragarioides
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 11:58am
Crassula aphylla
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 11:42am
Anacampseros comptonii
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Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 11:39am
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Taxonomy term
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Aloe
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. aloē (from earlier Semitic word alloeh) = bitter. The liquid or dried juice found in the leaves is bitter.
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Androcymbium pulchrum
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Short etymology:
Lation from the word 'pulchre' meaning 'beauty'
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Antimima
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. antimimos = imitating. The first species looked like Argyroderma.
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Aspalathus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
From aspalathos, a scented bush that grew in Greece, now in the related genus Astragalus.
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Atriplex lindleyi
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Description:
Grey-mealy rounded annual to 30 cm. Leaves rhomboid, toothed. Flowers in axillary clusters; fruiting bracts triangular, fused into an inflated bladder, to 12 mm long. May--Oct. Dry stony flats and disturbed sites, NW, SW, KM, SE (Australian weed, widepread in southern Africa).G
Babiana
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Unusual among South African plants in the name being derived from the vernacular Dutch, "baviaantjie", Afrikaans "bobbejaantjie" or its Cape corruption "babiaantjie". The baboon, bobbejaan, is partial to the corms.
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Babiana mucronata
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Short etymology:
From the Latin mucronatus = ‘sharp pointed’.
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 5--15 cm. Leaves lanceolate, hairy. Flowers zygomorphic, lower tepals somewhat clawed, contiguous below and diverging obliquely above, pale blue with yellow lower tepals, scented, inner bracts free, ovary hairy. July--Sept. Rocky sandstone slopes and flats, NW (Bokkeveld Mts to Tulbagh).S
Babiana vanzyliae
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Short etymology:
refers to Mrs E. van Zyl who introduced the plant to Kirstenbosh
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 4--12 cm. Leaves lanceolate, hairy, longer than stem. Flowers zygomorphic, yellow to mauve, fragrant. Aug.--Sept. Rocky sandstone soils, fynbos, NW (Bokkeveld Mts to Pakhuis Pass).
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Berkheya pinnatifida
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Short etymology:
From the Latin pinnatifidus = ‘divided into feathers’
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Boophone
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. bous = ox; phonos = murder, slaughter; referring to the bulb sap which is poisonous, quite capable of killing oxen; hence one of the common names is ‘Oxbane’. Boopis means ‘ox-eyed’, a result of induced hallucinations from Boophone disticha, a traditional Zulu medicine.
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Brownanthus
NE
1
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Short etymology:
For Nicholas Edward Brown (1849–1934), British botanist at Kew Gardens from 1873. Although he never visited South Africa, he became an expert on African plants, particularly succulents. In 1921 he was awarded the Captain Scott Memorial medal in recognition of his work on South African flora and in 1932 an honorary DSc was conferred on him by the University of the Witwatersrand. His papers appeared mainly in the Kew Bulletin and in Flora Capensis.
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Bulbine
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. bulbus = an onion or bulb. A misnomer in that the plants do not have a bulbous base.
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