Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains - Naturetrek
Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains - Naturetrek
Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains - Naturetrek
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<strong>Flowers</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>South</strong> <strong>Africa's</strong> <strong>Drakensberg</strong> <strong>Mountains</strong> Tour Report<br />
Scientific name Common name/description Location<br />
Balsaminaceae<br />
Impatiens hochstetteri pink flowers Tugela Forest<br />
Cactaceae<br />
Rhipsalis baccifera Mistletoe Cactus Umtamvuna<br />
Campanulaceae<br />
Craterocapsa congesta prostrate, blue term fls. Witsieshoek<br />
C. tarsodes prostrate, fls. in leaf axils Tugela<br />
Monopsis decipiens Butterfly monopsis Umtamvuna<br />
Wahlenbergia cuspidata blue flowers mountain grassland<br />
W. krebbsii blue fls., fine leaves Tugela<br />
Caryophyllaceae<br />
Cerastium arabidis white flowers Mahlasela Pass<br />
Dianthus basuticus Lesotho Dianthus Suikerbosrand & Oxbow<br />
D. zeyheri Wild Dianthus Umgeni<br />
Silene bellidioides white flowers Tugela and Sani<br />
Celastraceae<br />
Maytenus heterophylla Common Spike Thorn Umgeni<br />
Dalbergia obovata Flat bean, tree, Umgeni<br />
Convolvulaceae<br />
Ipomea crassipes large pink flowers Suikerbosrand and Umgeni<br />
I. pres caprae sand binder coast<br />
Crassulaceae<br />
Cotyledon orbiculata Pigs' Ears Lesotho<br />
Crassula dependens flat inflorescence, white common<br />
C. natalensis white-pink flat inflorescence Oxbow<br />
C. nudicaulis succulent leaves Suikerbosrand<br />
C. peploides prostrate in marshes Oxbow<br />
C. setulosa mat-forming common: mountain rocks<br />
C. vaginata yellow flowers Witsieshoek<br />
Dipsacaceae<br />
Cephalaria galpiniana white flowers Witsieshoek<br />
Scabiosa columbaria Wild Scabious common<br />
Droseraceae<br />
Drosera madagascariensis long petiole Umtamvuna<br />
D. natalensis Sundew Tugela & Umtamvuna<br />
Ebenaceae<br />
Diospyros whyteana evergreen shrub Tugela forest<br />
Euclea natalensis Dune Bush coast<br />
Ericaceae<br />
Erfica caffrorum white flowers Tugela<br />
E. cooperi pink flowers Oxbow<br />
E. woodii Pink Heath Tugela<br />
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