Sentinel Peak area
One of the most spectacular regions of the Drakensberg.
Nodes
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Gladiolus papilio
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Gladiolus crassifolius
Moraea brevistyla
Sopubia cana
Alepidea
Brownleea galpinii
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Taxonomy term
Erica aestiva
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From the Latin aestivus = 'pertaining to summer'; generally referring to the flowering season.
Geranium
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L. Gk. geranos = a crane. The seed pod resembles a crane’s head and beak.
Hebenstretia
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For Johann Christian Hebenstreit (1720–1791), German physician and botanist. He studied medicine at the University of Leipzig from 1740–1748 and practised in Naumburg before becoming professor of botany and natural history at the Russian Academy of Sciences at St Petersburg. In 1751 he became a personal physician to Count Kyrylo Rosumowskyj, the president of the academy, for two years and was stationed in the Ukraine before returning to Leipzig. In 1755 he accepted the position of professor of botany and natural history in St Petersburg, but deteriorating health forced him to return to Leipzig in 1961. Little is known of his life thereafter.
Hesperantha
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Gk. hesperos = evening; anthos = flower. Many flowers open late in the day, toward evening, Afrikaans aandblom = evening bloom/flower.
Lobelia flaccida
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From the Latin flaccidus = ‘flaccid / flabby’; frequently referring to a sprawling habit
Osteospermum sp
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Sopubia cana
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From the Latin canus = 'gray', 'aged' or 'white'; frequently due to the hairs
Ursinia
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Named in honour of Johann Ursinus of Regensburg, the author of Arboretum Biblicum. Sphenogyne R.Br. is not considered separable.
Wahlenbergia sp
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Named in honour of Georg (Goran) Wahlenberg (1780 – 1851), a Swedish botanist, successor to Carl Thunberg, and author of A Botany of Lapland.