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Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains Tour Report Scientific name Common name/description Location Turraea obtusifolia tree: white flowers coast Menispermaceae Cissampelos tortulosa yellow flowered climber Tugela Forest Moraceae Ficus natalensis Wild Fig Umgeni Myrsinaceae Rapanacea melanophloeos Cape Beech Umgeni Myrtaceae Eugenia capensis Dune Myrtle coast Syzygium cordatum Water Berry Umgeni and Umtamvuna Oleaceae Olea europaea subsp. Africana Wild Olive Suikerbosrand Oxalidaceae Oxalis obliquifolia Suikerbosrand and Tugela O. semiloba ** Sani Bottom O. smithiana ** Sani roadside Papaveraceae Papaver aculeatum orange flowers Oxbow and mtns.of Lesotho Polygalaceae Polygala gracilenta large purp. fls. Tugela P. hottentotta slender herb Suikerbosrand and Tugela P. myrtifolia dense shrub coast P. ohlendorfiana herb, bright red flowers Witsieshoek P. rhinostigma** tufted herb Suikerbosrand P. virgata slender shrub Drak. fynbos Polygonaceae Rumex woodii decorative red fruit Witsieshoek Proteaceae Leucodendron spissifolium Umtamvuna subsp. natalensis Protea caffra spread over hillsides common in fynbos P. dracomontana shrub Drak. fynbos P. ruppelliae Silver Sugarbush Tree Drak fynbos & Umtamvuna P. simplex dwarf shrub Sani Bottom & Umtamvuna P. subvestita narrow flower heads Drak. fynbos Ranunculaceae Ranunculus multifidus Common Buttercup Oxbow R. baurii round leaves common, wet grassland R. meyeri Bog Buttercup common Thalictrum rhynchocarpum Tugela Forest Rosaceae Alchemilla colura matt-forming Lesotho marsh © Naturetrek January 09 13
Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains Tour Report Scientific name Common name/description Location Geum capensis yellow flowers Lesotho Leucosidea sericea shrub forms thickets in mtns. Rubus cuneifolius American Bramble: weed Sani Bottom R. ludwigii Silver Bramble Tugela R. x proteus spreading weed Umgeni Rubiaceae Burchellia bubaliana shrub Umtamvuna Pavetta gracilifolia ** prostrate shrub Umgeni Pentanisia angustifolia ** blue flowers Suikerbosrand P.prunelloides blue flowers common in grassland Rothmanniana capensis tree:strongly scented fls Umgeni . Rutaceae Clausena anisata Horsewood [strong scent] Tugela Calodendrum capense Cape Chestnut, pink fls. Tugela Sapotaceae Mimusops caffra Coast Milkwood common: dune forest Sideroxylon inerme tree dune forest Scrophulariaceae Alectra orobanchoides orange red flowers Umtamvuna Bucnera dura ** pink flowers Umtamvuna Cycnium racemosum pink showy flowers Tugela, Lesotho & Witsieshoek Diascia anastrepta trailing branched Sani D. barberaea large bright pink flowers Lesotho D. cordata ** sprawling herb Sani D. integerrima erect spikes rocky areas, Sani Glumicalyx goseloides Gooseneck Sani G. nutans smaller inflorescence Sani Halleria lucida Tree Fuschia Tugela Harveya. pulchra parasitic pink flowers Sani Road H. speciosa parasitic white flower Tugela Hebenstretia dura white spikes Mahlasela Pass Jamesbrittenia breviflora brick red fls. Sani J. jurassica prostrate, lilac flowers Kotisephola Pass J. pristisepala aromatic shrublet, blue fls. Witsieshoek and Lesotho Limosella vesiculosa white flowers, aquatic Mahlasela and Oxbow Lindernia conferta floating rosettes, white/purp.fls Lesotho Manulea platystigma yellow flowers Lesotho Nemesia caerulea blue flowers Lesotho N.rupicola pink flowers Lesotho Phygelius aequalis flower tubes straight Tugela P. capensis flower tubes curved Lesotho Selago densiflora branched herb, white flowers Suikerbosrand S. galpinii prostrate blue/violet fls Mahlasela & Kotisephola Sopubia cana Silvery Sopubia common S. simplex leafy stems, pink fls Suikerbosrand Striga bilabiata pink-red flowers common in grassland S. asiatica orange flowers Umgeni Zaluzianskya elongata long narrow inflor. mountain grassland Z. microsiphon pink buds, white flowers Tugela Z. natalensis terminal fls Witsieshoek and Oxbow 14 © Naturetrek January 09
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