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 />
Geum capensis yellow flowers Lesotho<br />
Leucosidea sericea shrub forms thickets in mtns.<br />
Rubus cuneifolius American Bramble: weed Sani Bottom<br />
R. ludwigii Silver Bramble Tugela<br />
R. x proteus spreading weed Umgeni<br />
Rubiaceae<br />
Burchellia bubaliana shrub Umtamvuna<br />
Pavetta gracilifolia ** prostrate shrub Umgeni<br />
Pentanisia angustifolia ** blue flowers Suikerbosrand<br />
P.prunelloides blue flowers common in grassland<br />
Rothmanniana capensis tree:strongly scented fls Umgeni<br />
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Rutaceae<br />
Clausena anisata Horsewood [strong scent] Tugela<br />
Calodendrum capense Cape Chestnut, pink fls. Tugela<br />
Sapotaceae<br />
Mimusops caffra Coast Milkwood common: dune forest<br />
Sideroxylon inerme tree dune forest<br />
Scrophulariaceae<br />
Alectra orobanchoides orange red flowers Umtamvuna<br />
Bucnera dura ** pink flowers Umtamvuna<br />
Cycnium racemosum pink showy flowers Tugela, Lesotho & Witsieshoek<br />
Diascia anastrepta trailing branched Sani<br />
D. barberaea large bright pink flowers Lesotho<br />
D. cordata ** sprawling herb Sani<br />
D. integerrima erect spikes rocky areas, Sani<br />
Glumicalyx goseloides Gooseneck Sani<br />
G. nutans smaller inflorescence Sani<br />
Halleria lucida Tree Fuschia Tugela<br />
Harveya. pulchra parasitic pink flowers Sani Road<br />
H. speciosa parasitic white flower Tugela<br />
Hebenstretia dura white spikes Mahlasela Pass<br />
Jamesbrittenia breviflora brick red fls. Sani<br />
J. jurassica prostrate, lilac flowers Kotisephola Pass<br />
J. pristisepala aromatic shrublet, blue fls. Witsieshoek and Lesotho<br />
Limosella vesiculosa white flowers, aquatic Mahlasela and Oxbow<br />
Lindernia conferta floating rosettes, white/purp.fls Lesotho<br />
Manulea platystigma yellow flowers Lesotho<br />
Nemesia caerulea blue flowers Lesotho<br />
N.rupicola pink flowers Lesotho<br />
Phygelius aequalis flower tubes straight Tugela<br />
P. capensis flower tubes curved Lesotho<br />
Selago densiflora branched herb, white flowers Suikerbosrand<br />
S. galpinii prostrate blue/violet fls Mahlasela & Kotisephola<br />
Sopubia cana Silvery Sopubia common<br />
S. simplex leafy stems, pink fls Suikerbosrand<br />
Striga bilabiata pink-red flowers common in grassland<br />
S. asiatica orange flowers Umgeni<br />
Zaluzianskya elongata long narrow inflor. mountain grassland<br />
Z. microsiphon pink buds, white flowers Tugela<br />
Z. natalensis terminal fls Witsieshoek and Oxbow<br />
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