West Coast Municipal District (DC1)
This is a broad mainly lowland municipal region of the Cape (Code DC1) that extends from the coast north of Cape Town to Namaqualand. It includes many of the the mountains of the Cedarberg, Piketberg and a portion of the Roggeveld escarpment. It extends north till the borderline with the Northern Cape - between Garies and Bitterfontein and in line with Lepelfontein near the coast. The West Coast lowlands region is a far smaller region that excludes the Cedarberg mountains and ends further south around Van Rhynsdorp.
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Indigofera discolor
Echiostachys spicatus
Crotalaria excisa
Watsonia hysterantha
Rhynchosia pinnata
Euchlora hirsuta
Lampranthus
Ruschia langebaanensis
Antimima limbata
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Taxonomy term
Leucospermum
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Gk. leukos = white; sperma = seed. The tree has white seeds.
Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron subsp. canaliculatum
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From the Latin canaliculatus = ‘channelled’; i.e. bearing a groove or furrow-shaped
Limonium equisetinum
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From the Latin equus = 'horse'; referring to similarity to the horsetail fern, Equisetum
Limonium longifolium
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From the Latin longus = ‘long’ and folius = ‘leaf’
Limonium purpuratum
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From the Latin pupureus = 'purplish'
Lyperia
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Gk. lyperos = mournful, grief; referring to the fact that one species turns black after flowering.
Manulea corymbosa
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From the Greek κορυμβοϛ corymbus = a 'cluster of fruit or flowers'; in particular a flat-topped or convex open flower-cluster
Manulea rubra
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From the Latin rubra = ‘red’
Massonia pygmaea
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From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’
Melianthus elongatus
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From the Latin elongatus = ‘elongated’