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Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains Tour Report Scientific name Common name/description Location Poaceae Agrostis lachnantha Bent Grass Tugela Alloteropsis semialata Black Seed Grass roadside Brachiaria brizantha Common Signal Grass common Chloris virgata Featherhead Chlorus Suikerbosrand Cymbopogon excavatus Common Turpentine Grass Suikerbosrand Cynodon dactylon stoleniferous grass common on lawns Digitaria eriantha Common Finger Grass roadsides Eleusine coracana Goose Grass Heidelberg Eragrostis curvula Weeping Love Grass Suikerbosrand E. gummerifera Gum Grass roadside Harpochloa falx Caterpillar Grass Witsieshoek Hyparrhenia hirta Common Thatching Grass Natal grasslands Imperata cylindrica Cotton Wool Grass damp roadsides Melinis repens Natal Red Top Suikerbosrand Merxmuellera drakensbergensis forming tussocks dom. in alpine grassland Miscanthus capensis Daba Grass Tugela streamsides Panicum natalense Natal Panicum roadsides Phragmites australis Common Reed common Sorghum bicolor Common Wild Sorghum Suikerbosrand Sporobolus festivus Red Dropseed roadsides Stiburus alopecuroides red spikes roadsides Themeda triandra Red Grass dom. on much of Drakensberg Thamnocalamus tessellates Berg Bamboo Tugela & Sani Hotel Strelitziaceae Strelitzia Nicolai Wild Banana coast and Umtamvuna Velloziaceae Xerophyta viscosa Small Black Stick Lily Witsieshoek Xyridaceae Xyris capensis ** Common Xyris, yellow fls. Umtamvuna Dicotyledons Acanthaceae Crabbea hirsuta Prickle Head Umgeni Ruttya ovata shrub, white flowers Umgeni Thunbergia atriplicifolia Natal Primrose Midmar and Umgeni T. neglecta yellow flowers Umgeni Aizoaceae Delosperma hirtum magenta, white centre Sani D. lavisiae Mountain Vygie Witsieshoek D. lineare ** white flowers Umtamvuna D. subpetiolatum Trailing Vygie, lvs. Red Umtamvuna Carpobrotus dimidiatus Natal Dune Vygie coast Anacardiaceae Rhus dentata Nana Berry common R. lancea Willow Rhus Suikerbosrand Apiaceae Alepidea amatymbica Giant Alepidea Umgeni © Naturetrek January 09 7
Flowers of South Africa's Drakensberg Mountains Tour Report Scientific name Common name/description Location A. natalensis shorter than above common:Witsiehoek Bupleurum mundii yellow flowers common:Witsieshoek Polemannia simplicior round shrub Sani roadside Apocynaceae Carrisa bispinosa evergreen shrub Tugela Forest Araliaceae Cussonia paniculata Mountain Cabbage Tree Suikerbosrand C. spicata Common Cabbage Tree Umgeni Asclepiadaceae Asclepias gibba Humped Turret Flower Midmar Gomphocarpus physocarpus round inflated fruit Midmar: common Pachycarpus appendiculatus Soccer Ball Midmar & Oribi P. grandiflorus large speckled flowers Umtamvuna Riocreuxia torulosa climbing Dutchman's Pipe' Tugela Schizoglossum atropurpureum black flowers Tugela S. hamatum large dark flowers Tugela Xysmalobium stockenstromense green flowers Suikerbosrand Asteraceae Arctotheca populifolia Beach Pumpkin coastal sands Arctotis arctotoides yellow flowers, mat forming Mahlasela Pass Athrixia angustissima daisy like flowers common A. fontana white carpets in marshes Lieshoek Artemesia afra Wormwood common: roadsides etc Aster erucifolius prostrate, pink fls. Mahlasela Pass A. harveyanus pink flowers Suikerbosrand Berkheya cirsiifolia flowers yellow/white Witsieshoek B. echinacea straw coloured bristles Suikerbosrand B. multijuga Berg Thistle common in mountains B. purpurea ** flowers pale purple Witsieshoek & Lesotho B. rhapontica yellow flowers, felted leaves Tugela B. rosulata large clumps of yellow fls. Witsieshoek B. setifera prickly basal leaves,yellow fls. Tugela B. speciosa leaves basal, tall, yellow fls. Suikerbosrand Brachyleana discolor tree or shrub coastal dunes Chrysanthemoides monilifera shrub Tugela Chrysochoma ciliata dominant aromatic shrub Lesotho Cotula padulosa summit bogs Lesotho C. socialis summit bogs Lesotho Dimorphotheca jacunda magenta rays Tugela & Witsieshoek Eumorphia prostrata dominant on summit grassland Lesotho Euryops decumbens shrublet Kotisephola Pass E. evansii shrub, showy yellow flowers Sani Pass E. laxus ** perennial, showy yellow fls. Sani E. tysonii shrub, showy yellow fls. Sani Top and Bottom Felicia drakensbergensis shrub, intense blue flowers Mahlasela Pass F. filifolia fine leaves, shrub Witsieshoek F. rossulata solitary mauve flowers Witsieshoek F. quinquenervia herb, pink flowers Witsieshoek F. uliginosa dwarf, mat-forming Kotisephola Pass Gazania krebsiana yellow flowers Mah. Pass to Oxbow etc 8 © Naturetrek January 09
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