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Beach Soutbos (Chenolea diffusa)Observer
petrabroddlePlace
Bloubergstrand: Growing along the side of the the walkway above the high tide mark (Google, OSM)Description
By the seaside...
ca. 10cm high, srawling, flowers and leaves appear sessile. Stigmas visible on the uppermost flowers.
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Beach Ragwort (Senecio maritimus)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
stunted plants 5 cm to about 25 cm but then sprawling. Leaves very succulent.
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Ruschia miseraObserver
petrabroddleDescription
The white threads are the filaments ...
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Fourleaf Manyseed (Polycarpon tetraphyllum)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Carpark and picnic area.
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Western Coastal Wattle (Acacia cyclops)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Slightly further back from the first dune.
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Creeping Fountainbush (Psoralea repens)Observer
elzettekDescription
Blaauwberg Nature Reserve
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Dicots (Class Magnoliopsida)Observer
khaloDescription
Sticky and has a strong scent.
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African Ansellia (Ansellia africana)Observer
gerhardsDescription
Being used as nest by Verreaux's Eagle-Owl female and nestling.
See also:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/194441058.
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craigpeterPlace
Standerwick farm, lands down to the Riet River, Port Alfred, Eastern Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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Purple Snakebush (Stoebe rugulosa)Observer
grantforbesDescription
notice the curly leaves
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Kericodon crispusObserver
steve_cousinsDescription
Wahlenbergia?
One of the species that has emerged from soil samples taken from a south-facing slope for a renosterveld soil seed bank study
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Clove Tearbush (Lyperia lychnidea)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Flowers clustered at top of stem.
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Bear's-Foot (Arctopus echinatus)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Small in diametre. The bases of the spines are broad in the leaf recesses.
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Beach Plantain (Plantago carnosa)Observer
botaneekDescription
clump forming; seems to be restricted to heavy clays in southern Swartland; seldom very common
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Jaybees (Genus Jamesbrittenia)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Brought to our attention by the landowner. All the colour variations occur in one small cluster of plants.
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Bastard Spikethorn (Putterlickia pyracantha)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
leaves in fascicles
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Crew Capegorse (Aspalathus crewiana)Observer
venturefothDescription
Small shrublet
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Salt-and-Wind Heath (Erica lasciva)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
sp.2 Collected by Abraham S.
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos & Swartland Shale Renosterveld ecotone.
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Phylica stenopetalaObserver
knysna_wildflowersDescription
Old woody plant. On shale outcrop, west facing
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Greentooth Capegorse (Aspalathus cymbiformis)Observer
jan-hendrikDescription
Aspalathus
Small shrub growing ca. 1 meter high. Leaves very small and trifoliate; flowers yellow and occurring in two^s at branch tips.
Did not get habit shots, sorry.
Scale in all photos marked in half mm.
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Cape Quillwort (Isoetes capensis)Observer
venturefothDescription
Little plant growing in water
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Agathosma hispidaObserver
venturefothDescription
Rounded shrublet, c 50 cm high, hairy leaves
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Lotononis falcataObserver
jwichtDescription
All petioles with single stipules.
Multiple flowers per peduncle.
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Pale Dewplant (Drosanthemum floribundum)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Shallow dunes over calcrete, dispersed between ephemeral vleiland.
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