Hermannia salviifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 8:22pm
Collection:
Orange Grove Farm
A working farm run as both a vineyard and a five star guest lodge. Abutting the mountain in the Nuy valley, it has a number of interesting routes going through both fynbos and renosterveld. A large portion of the farm burnt in 2016 leading to a plethora of post-burn flowers in spring 2017.
Is private:
Public
Nodes
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 8:22pm
Collection:
Senecio
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 8:20pm
Collection:
Thamnochortus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 8:04pm
Collection:
Freylinia lanceolata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 8:04pm
Collection:
Hermannia salviifolia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 7:42pm
Collection:
Commelina africana
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 7:42pm
Collection:
Nemesia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 7:25pm
Collection:
Hesperantha
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 7:16pm
Collection:
Pelargonium
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
09/09/2017 - 7:13pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Adromischus
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. adros = thick; miskhos = a stalk; referring to the thick stalks of the species.
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Aizoon
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. aei = ever, always; zoos, zoon = alive, a living thing; alluding to the ability of the plant to live under difficult circumstances.
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Albuca
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. albus = white or albicans = becoming white; referring to the colouring of some Albuca flowers.
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Androcymbium
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. andro- = male (in botanical language, stamen); kymbium = cup or saucer (La. cymba). The petal limbs enfold the stamens. Common names ‘men-in-a-boat’, ‘cup-and-saucer’.
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APIACEAE
NE
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Short etymology:
Named after the genus Apium including Apium graveolens - celery.
S
Arctotis
NE
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Short etymology:
Gk. arkto- = brown bear; -otis = an ear. The bear-like ears have been linked, variously, to the earlike pappus scales, outer involucral bracts or the shaggy fruit.
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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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Astroloba
(Starlobe)NE
10
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
From the Greek astro-, stellate; lobos, lobe.
Description:
Astroloba Uitewaal.
Genus of caulescent succulent perennials indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa. Plants offset from the base to form clusters. Leaves hard succulent, sharp, keeled, mucronate and pentastichous. Flowers tubular. Six perianth lobes in relatively actinomorphic arrangement.
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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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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.
S
Bulbine mesembryanthemoides
(Waterglas)
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Short etymology:
From the Greek ‘anthe’ / ‘anthos’ meaning ‘flower ’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Description:
Geophyte, 8--20 cm, rootstock a tuber. Leaves 2, short, erect, succulent, truncate and transparent across apex. Flowers few in a lax raceme, yellow, tepals reflexed. Capsules ovoid, spreading. Aug.--Nov. Rocky slopes and flats, clay or sandstone, succulent karoo and fynbos, NW, KM, SE (Namaqualand to Uitenhage and E Cape).G
Chlorophytum
NE
1
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Short etymology:
Gk. chloros = yellow-green; phyton = a plant; referring to the green colour of the leaves and the flowers.
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Cineraria
NE
20
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Short etymology:
La. cinereus = ash-coloured. Most species of this genus have leaves with an ashen-grey haircovering on at least the lower surface.
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Cleretum
NE
12
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Short etymology:
Gk. kleros = fate, chance, lot (as in ‘drawing lots’); -etum = the place dominated by a given plant. In early Sparta public land was apportioned to citizens by drawing lots, with the best land given to those who, by chance, drew a winning lot.
S
Commelina africana
8
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Description:
Scrambling perennial to 50 cm from a woody rootstock. Leaves oblong to linear, sometimes hairy. Flowers yellow, spathes folded, dry inside. Nov.--June. Near streams or lower slopes, SW, AP, LB, SE (Cape Peninsula to Arabia and Madagascar).Pages
