Phylica agathosmoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 11:26am
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
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Leucadendron sheilae
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
18/09/2013 - 11:22am
Euryops othonnoides
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
16/09/2013 - 3:27pm
Metalasia albescens
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
16/09/2013 - 3:05pm
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
02/10/2016 - 11:46am
Collection:
Crassula
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
03/10/2016 - 6:39pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
03/10/2016 - 1:13pm
Collection:
Bulbine
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
03/10/2016 - 1:10pm
Collection:
Corycium ingeanum
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
03/10/2016 - 12:34pm
Collection:
Ficinia
Locality:
Name of observer:
Nick Helme (David)
Date observed:
03/10/2016 - 12:32pm
Collection:
Pages
Taxonomy term
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Bulbinella
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Bulbine (q.v.); Gk. -ellus, -ella = diminutive.
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Bulbinella caudafelis
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Description:
Rhizomatous geophyte to 80 cm. Leaves linear, channelled, margins sometimes finely toothed. Flowers in a narrowly conical raceme, white with pink tinge. Aug.--Dec. Sandstone, granite or clay, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand to Avontuur).S
Bulbinella latifolia
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Short etymology:
From the Latin lati / latus meaning ‘wide’; and folius meaning ‘leaf’; i.e. the plant is broad-leafed
Description:
Like B. nutans but leaves broader, to 65 mm wide and raceme narrower, to 45 mm wide. Flowers deep yellow or orange. Aug.--Oct. Seasonally damp sandstone or granite, rarely dolerite, NW (Namaqualand to Cedarberg Mts).S
Bulbinella nutans
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘nutans’ / ‘nutans’ meaning ‘nodding’
Description:
Rhizomatous geophyte to 1 m. Leaves linear, channelled. Flowers in a conical raceme, yellow or cream. July--Oct. Damp peaty soils, NW, SW, LB (Loeriesfontein and W Karoo to Swellendam).G
Cheiridopsis
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. kheiris = a sleeve, -opsis = resembling; referring to the old, dry leaves which form a protective sheath around new emerging green leaves.
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Cleretum papulosum
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘papulosum’ / ‘pappulosus’ meaning ‘invested with hairy seeds’
Description:
Trailing papillose succulent. Leaves ligulate to spathulate. Flowers large (to 40 mm diam) on a long pedicel or small on a short pedicel, yellow. Fruits with high rims. Sept.--Oct. ?, NW, SW, KM, LB (Namaqualand to Mossel Bay).G
Cliffortia
NE
20
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Short etymology:
For George Clifford (1685–1760), Dutch merchant and banker, amateur botanist and zoologist. He was a director of the Dutch East India Company and owned a magnificent garden at Hartecamp, Netherlands, as well as a private zoo in Amsterdam. George Clifford is best known as a patron of the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus, whom he employed as ‘hortulanus’ and who catalogued the family’s unique collection of plants, herbarium and library. The result was Linnaeus’s 530-page book Hortus Cliffortianus (1738), his first important work, in which he described many species from Clifford’s garden. The publication was paid for by George Clifford as a private edition.
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Colchicum
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. From Colchis, an ancient region of Georgia, near the north-eastern Black Sea, in the Caucasus.
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Conophytum swanepoelianum
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Short etymology:
Description:
Succulent perennial forming mats or domes 10--30 mm diam. Leaf bodies flat to convex, keeled or concave, 2--7 mm diam., with raised spots or streaks, sheath whitish, spotted, persisting in fragments. Flowers diurnal, magenta. Fruits 4-locular. Mar. Sandstone pavement, NW (Bokkeveld Mts).G
Crassula
NE
1
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Short etymology:
La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
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Crassula alpestris
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Short etymology:
Description:
Mostly unbranched, perennial, occ. biennial to 12 cm. Leaves opposite, triangular, closely imbricate, rough and often with sand attached. Flowers in dense terminal or axillary head-like clusters, tubular, white, petals 6--9 mm long. Aug.--Nov. Rocky pavement, NW, KM (Bokkeveld to Pakhuis Mts and W Karoo to Witteberg).
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Crassula natans
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Short etymology:
From the Latin ‘natans’ / ‘natans’ meaning ‘swimming’
Description:
Erect or floating annual, occ. rhizomatous perennial, 2--25 cm. Leaves opposite, linear to obovate, upper floating leaves occ. broader. Flowers 1--3 in the upper axils, star-shaped, white or pinkish, petals 1.5--2 mm long, ovules 1 per carpel. May--Oct. Moist depressions or pools, NW, SW, AP, KM, SE (widespread in South Africa and Lesotho).S
Diascia whiteheadii
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Description:
Annual to 45 cm. Leaves elliptic, oblong or obovate, sinuate to pinnatisect, occ. entire. Flowers axillary, 2-spurred, pink with deep magenta centre and 1-4 small yellow spots below each upper lobe, limb 13--20 mm long, spurs projecting backwards and diverging, 18--22 mm long. Mainly July--Sept. Fynbos in loam, NW (Bokkeveld Mts to Citrusdal).S
Dimorphotheca nudicaulis
(Witmargriet)2
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Short etymology:
From the Latin nudus = 'naked' and caulis = 'stem'
Description:
Like D. tragus but leaves mostly crowded basally. Flower heads white with purple to copper reverse. Ray achenes vestigial. Aug.--Oct. Sandstone slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (Bokkeveld Escarpment to George).[Possibly not distinct from D. tragus]Pages
