Moraea
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:31pm
Collection:
Saron Area
Farming area arond the town of Saron to the west of the Limietberg and Winterhoek mountains in the Cape.
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Indigofera
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:30pm
Collection:
Lachenalia
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:24pm
Collection:
Lachnospermum fasciculatum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:20pm
Collection:
Leucospermum calligerum
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:18pm
Collection:
Othonna pinnata
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 2:17pm
Collection:
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 1:46pm
Collection:
Homopus areolatus
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 1:41pm
Collection:
Crassula dichotoma
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 1:33pm
Collection:
Untitled
Locality:
Name of observer:
David Gwynne-Evans (David)
Date observed:
24/08/2017 - 1:29pm
Collection:
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Taxonomy term
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Polycarena
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. poly- = many; karenon = head. The inflorescence consists of numerous small heads of flowers.
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Polygala
NE
7
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Short etymology:
Gk. poly = much; gala = milk; so-called from the belief that cattle grazing in fields with this plant produced more milk. (San Marcos growers in the United States claim that Polygala virgata ‘Portola’ has this property but the authors could find no scientific evidence).
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Psoralea
NE
2
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Short etymology:
Gk. psoraleos = scabby. The plants are covered with rough warty-looking glandular dots.
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Romulea hirsuta
(pienk Froetang)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin hirsutus = ‘hairy’
Description:
Cormous geophyte, 6--10 cm, corms symmetrical, bell-shaped, stem branching above ground. Basal leaves 2, sometimes solitary. Flowers pink to rose or coppery orange with dark marks at edge of yellow cup. Aug.--Sept. Sandstone or clay slopes and flats, NW, SW (Clanwilliam to Elim).
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Sesbania punicea
(Red Sesbania)
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Short etymology:
From the Latin punicus meaning 'scarlet'
Description:
Deciduous shrub to 4 m. Leaves pinnate, leaflets oblong. Flowers in axillary racemes, red and orange. Pods four-winged, pungent. Throughout the year. Disturbed and marshy places, SW, AP, LB, SE (South American weed).G
Spiloxene
NE
20
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Short etymology:
Gk. spilos = a spot, stain; xenos = host or stranger; referring to the spotted base of the tepals in some species.
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Trachyandra
NE
20
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
Gk. trachys = rough; andros = male. The thick filaments are usually hairy.
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Tritonia
NE
{"type":"FeatureCollection","features":[]}
Short etymology:
La. triton = weathercock; alluding to the variable positions of the stamens. (Triton was also a Greek sea demigod, often represented as half man, half fish.)
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Ursinia anthemoides
(Magriet)3
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Short etymology:
Description:
Annual to 50 cm. Leaves pinnatisect or bipinnatisect. Flower heads radiate, solitary at the branch tips, yellow or orange, occ. with a dark ring and darker on the reverse, pappus scales 5, uniseriate. Aug.--Oct. Sandy and gravel slopes and flats, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia and Karoo to Port Elizabeth).Pages
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