Roggeveld Plateau
The Bokkeveld Plateau is an area in the Northern Cape. It harbours possibly the highest densities of geophytes (bulbous plants) in the world, and hence is referred to by the locals as The Bulb Capital of the World. These bulbs occur mainly in the mountain renosterveld, to a lesser degree in the succulent karoo vegetation, and least of all in the mountain fynbos. Around the town of Nieuwoudtville heavy grazing in the renosterveld suppresses the growth of perennials leading to spring displays of annuals and bulbs. Most of the rainfall occurs in winter and spring with peak flowering varying considerably from year to year, but typically between August and September. In March the autumn flowering hysteranthus (flowers appear when the leaves are dormant) Amaryllidaceae put on a spectacular display.
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Indigofera hantamensis
Muraltia horrida
Pelargonium
Ranunculus rionii
Allium dregeanum
Berkheya
Othonna rhamnoides
Gazania othonnites
Frankenia pulverulenta
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Taxonomy term
Bulbinella
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Bulbine (q.v.); Gk. -ellus, -ella = diminutive.
Bulbinella nutans
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From the Latin ‘nutans’ / ‘nutans’ meaning ‘nodding’
Campanulaceae
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From the Latin campanula, little bell; "bell-flower".
Chamarea
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Gk. chamai = growing on the ground. Possibly this is from the Khoisan name chamare (Adamson), a kind of umbellifera.
Cleretum
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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.
Cleretum
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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.
Cleretum
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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.
Colchicum
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Gk. From Colchis, an ancient region of Georgia, near the north-eastern Black Sea, in the Caucasus.
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’.
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’.
Crassula
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La. crassus = thick; -ula = diminutive; referring to the fleshy succulent leaves.
Crassula columnaris
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From the Latin columna = a "pillar", referring to the columnar appearance