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
Nodes
Crassula fragarioides
Euryops mirus
Phylica pustulata
Hesperantha marlothii
Babiana mucronata
Othonna hederifolia
Othonna auriculifolia
Lachenalia obscura
Eriospermum glaciale
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Taxonomy term
Monsonia crassicaule
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From the Latin crassus = "thick" and caule = "stem"
Moraea
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Linnaeus married Sara Elisabeth Moraea; her father was Dr. Johan Moraeus, the town physician of Falun. The name "Morea" was originally given by Philip Miller after "Robert More of Shropshire", but was taken over by Linnaeus and changed to Moraea.
Muraltia
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After John M. von Muralt, Swiss botanist and author; flourished around 1576.
Muraltia scoparia
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Referring to a butchers broom with twigs tied together; also referring to similarity to the broom, Scoparia (Fabaceae)
Muraltia spinosa
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From the Latin spinosus = ‘thorny’
Onixotis stricta
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From the Latin strictus = ‘compressed’ or 'constricted'
Ornithoglossum
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Gk. ornithos = bird; glossa = tongue; referring to the narrow tepals.
Oscularia
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La. osculum = small mouth; aria = possessing; from the fanciful likeness of the toothed leaves.
Osteospermum pinnatum
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From the Latin ‘pinnatum’ / ‘pinnatus’ meaning ‘feathered’
Othonna
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Name derived from the Greek othone, a linen cloth or napkin, in allusion to the downy covering of some of the earlier known species. Doria Less. is not regarded as separable.
Othonna sp
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Oxalis
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From the Greek oxys = sharp, sour or acid and (h)als = salt. The plant is frequently consumed for its sour taste caused by the oxalic acid, particularly the flowering stalks of O. pes-caprae. In large quantities the oxalic acid inhibits digestion and in stock leads to the condition 'dikpens' or bloated belly.
Pharnaceum
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For Pharnaces II (63–47 BCE), son of Mithradates VI Emperator, King of Pontus, in North East Anatalia, on the Black Sea. He was defeated by Julius Caesar (100–140 BCE) at Sinopa, the actual occasion on which Caeser gave the extraordinarily concise message ‘veni, vidi, vici’ (‘I came, I saw, I conquered’) which he dispatched to Rome.