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Heathy Purplegorse (Muraltia ericifolia)Observer
brendancoleDescription
Side petals more truncate than obtuse.
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Purplegorses (Genus Muraltia)Observer
lindalakesideDescription
Not very spiney!
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Pink Breath of Heaven (Coleonema pulchellum)Observer
andrewmDescription
is what i-nat is telling me.
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Curlyhair Purplegorse (Muraltia demissa)Observer
dianastuderDescription
pink
demissa?
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Leafy Purplegorse (Muraltia thunbergii)Observer
lindalakesideDescription
Plant did not feel spikey.
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Sperm Whale (Physeter macrocephalus)Observer
markgrtdixonDescription
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Small Foul Ringbum Ant (Mesoponera caffraria)Observer
sallyslakDescription
Dead ants
During our lunch stop I noticed several (at least 10) dead ants attached by their jaws at the tips of grasses and, in one case, a Crassula flower. I may be way off-base here, but could this be the work of the dastardly Ophiocordyceps? The only flaw in my theory is that I don't see any actual sign of fungus.
PS My source for the suggestion is at around 11 minutes into this video I often quote : http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-live/varma-parasites-lecture-nglive
Update: 4.3.2017 - new pics added : the sampled ants frequently lost their heads such was their death grip on the vegetation. Pic of sampled ants packed ready to be sent off.
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Clusterleaf Purplegorses (Subgenus Muraltia)Observer
rolftheoboDescription
Muraltia sp
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bartwurstenDescription
One of the most wonderful sounds of the Vumba must be the eerie humming of distant fog horns on misty nights. Obviously no fishing port nearby at 1700 m altitude in the mountains, the sounds are the calls of the mysterious Buff-spotted Flufftails in the forests around our house. These birds are often heard but never seen until one day the guy in the photo casually walked into the lounge of our guesthouse and parked himself at our bar. He stayed for quite a while but didn't drink much and he did not become a regular.
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Clusterleaf Purplegorses (Subgenus Muraltia)Observer
asgroenewaldDescription
Muraltia sp
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Spinner Shark (Carcharhinus brevipinna)Observer
veld_mensPlace
Missing Location
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Clusterleaf Purplegorses (Subgenus Muraltia)Observer
stilbaai_herbariumDescription
Much finer leaves than M. cliffortiifolia but still very sore to touch. On sand
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Heathleaf Purplegorse (Muraltia ericoides)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
less than 50 cm in height. Less than 10 plants seen in one cluster.
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Sputnik Barrelwort (Euphorbia decepta)Observer
juddkirkelDescription
Euphorbiaceae
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Albany Firelily (Cyrtanthus smithiae)Observer
prix_burgoyneDescription
Cyrtanthus smithiae
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Diamond Starfig (Amphibolia rupis-arcuatae)Observer
chris_wahlbergDescription
Amphibolia rupis-arcuatae(2)
Prostate shrub; club shaped succulent leaves; flowers Sept. to Oct.
Ref: Namaqualand by A. le Roux(148) - " found North of Kleinsee --".
Ref: Mesembs of the World- Heidi Hartmann(316) amongst others, " this genius is poorly known and difficult to recognize --". Amphibolia Greek for " uncertain ".
AIZOACEAE aka MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE
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Purplegorses (Genus Muraltia)Observer
stilbaai_herbariumDescription
Branches along the ground, no spines
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botaneekDescription
Muraltia satureioides
fairly common here in alkaline sands in partly disturbed Dune Strandveld; area likely to become the new bus depot; to 35cm
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Purplegorses (Genus Muraltia)Observer
sarobinsonDescription
Muraltia
Low growing branched plant at Cape Point.
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Scraggly Purplegorse (Muraltia thymifolia)Observer
lindalakesideDescription
In Tokai Park
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Prickly Purplegorse (Muraltia heisteria)Observer
tonyrebeloDescription
Spiky Butterflybush
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Purplegorses (Genus Muraltia)Observer
gigilaidlerDescription
From Cape Plants: Sprawling shrub to 50 cm, hairy on young stems. Leaves sessile, fascicled, ovate, sparsely hairy, recurved above and spine-tipped. Flowers sessile, axillary, pink or white. Capsules hispid, horned. Sept.-Dec. Lower sandstone slopes, NW (Piketberg)
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Leafy Purplegorse (Muraltia thunbergii)Observer
evr7966Description
Muraltia
Looks like a hairy muraltia
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Curlyhair Purplegorse (Muraltia demissa)Observer
richardadcockDescription
Muraltia
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Purplegorses (Genus Muraltia)Observer
gigilaidlerDescription
From Cape Plants: Rigid, much-branched, pubescent shrub to 70 cm. Leaves sessile, fascicled, narrowly obovate, shortly spine-tipped. Flowers sessile, axillary, pink. Capsules prominently horned. Dec.-Jan. Rocky lower slopes, SW, KM, LB, SE (Robertson to Port Elizabeth)
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Thyme-leaved Savory (Satureja thymbra)Observer
tonyrebeloPlace
Constantia Neck Jeep Track, upper, Cecilia section, Table Mountain National Park (Google, OSM)
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Highlife Heath (Erica altiphila)Observer
sethmuskerDescription
nc. Not sticky enough for muscosa. Greyish appearance overall. Locally common.
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Heathleaf Purplegorse (Muraltia ericoides)Observer
janeennicholsDescription
Unidentified
Amphithalea maybe?
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Clusterleaf Purplegorses (Subgenus Muraltia)Observer
sarobinsonPlace
Tokai Park, Tokai, CapeTown: Tokai Park. Next to path from Restoration Area to Dennedal Road (Google, OSM)Description
Muraltia
Plant about 30cm high. Leaves oval. Very floriferous. Flowers pink, and more towards end of branches. Thorns barely perceptible. Did not manage to see any capsules.
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Sand Purplegorse (Muraltia satureioides)Observer
hhodgsonPlace
Soetwater Resort, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Sandveld Stinkweed (Oncosiphon suffruticosus)Observer
jeremygilmoreDescription
Releases strong smell when crushed.
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Rough Renosterbush (Myrovernix scaber)Observer
nickyDescription
Elytropappus monticola
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Western Smooth Heath (Erica glabella ssp. glabella)Observer
andrewmDescription
Erica glabella
The corolla has four lobes which rules out labalis and leaves us with glabella, similis or ericoides.
The leaves are 4-nate which doesn't really help to narrow it down.
It's not similis which has long white hairs on the caly, whereas glabella and ericoides have short white hairs.
Therefore either glabella or ericoides.
The bract and bractioles of ericoides are adpressed to the corrolla, whereas for glabella the bract is on the main stem and the bractioles are either minute or absent.
For glabella the ridges on the calyx tube alternate with the calyx lobes.
Therefore glabella. Since subsp.laevis doesn't occur on the peninsula, that leaves only subsp. glabella .
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Heathlike Heath (Erica ericoides)Observer
andrewmDescription
Erica equisetifolia Cape Point March 14
I think it^s this. Corrollas four lobed. Leaves hairy.
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gigilaidlerDescription
Images from M. Levyns' book are included. andrewm found the book online here: https://archive.org/stream/botanysupplement02unse/botanysupplement02unse_djvu.txt
See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53466946
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Cape Cowslips (Genus Lachenalia)Observer
andrewmDescription
Another blooming Lachenalia...
..and I don^t mean its flowering!
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Six-penny Heath (Erica perspicua ssp. latifolia)Observer
zamosaDescription
One plant with white flowers amongst normally coloured ones.
