Entabeni: Naturally Occuring Species - Fynbos
Dune Gwarrie
Euclea racemosa (the sea guarrie or dune guarrie) is a small to medium-sized evergreen tree that is indigenous to the Indian Ocean coast of Africa from Egypt to South Africa, as well as in Comoros, Oman and Yemen.
Tall Flowerseed
Anthospermum aethiopicum is a species of flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, indigenous to South Africa.
Prostrate Capeweed
Arctotheca prostrata is a plant in the sunflower family native to Cape Province in South Africa. Common names include Prostrate Cape weed and Creeping Bear's-ear. It is listed as an invasive weed in California and Australia.
Renosterbush
Elytropappus rhinocerotis (commonly known as renosterbos or "rhinoceros bush") is a species of flowering plants in the daisy family, Asteraceae, endemic to South Africa. It is a very obvious component of the unique Renosterveld Vegetation Type, which is named after this bush.
Licorice plant
Helichrysum petiolare, known as silver-bush everlastingflower, licorice-plant, liquorice plant, trailing dusty miller and kooigoed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, native to South Africa and introduced to Portugal and the United States.
Kowanna Ragwort
Senecio ilicifolius is a plant endemic to South Africa and belonging to the family Asteraceae.
rose-scented geranium
Pelargonium capitatum is one of several species (including Pelargonium graveolens) known as rose geranium or rose-scented pelargonium in English. The popular names refer to the scent of the essential oils extracted from glandular tissue, not the flowers, which have hardly any scent to speak of. Some of the species are known as kusmalva (meaning, roughly, ...more ↓
grapeleaf geranium
Pelargonium vitifolium is a species of geranium known by the common name grapeleaf geranium. It is native to South Africa, and it is a commonly grown ornamental plant. This is a mostly erect, branching shrub approaching one meter in maximum height. The stems are soft and coated in soft hairs when young and become more woody with age. The glandular, stiffly-hairy aromatic ...more ↓
Glossy Currantrhus
Searsia lucida, previously known as Rhus lucida, and other names varnished kuni-rhus (English) blinktaaibos (Afrikaans). This small tree has a distribution along the West Coast of South Africa from Saldanha Bay around the Cape and up the East Coast almost until the Mozambique border. Its distribution area also encompasses the whole of Kwazulu-Natal and ...more ↓
Common Sunshine Conebush
Leucadendron salignum is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae native to South Africa.
Purple woodsorrel
Oxalis purpurea is a species of flowering plant in the woodsorrel family known by the common name purple woodsorrel. It is native to southern Africa, including South Africa, but it is known on most continents as an introduced species. It is cultivated as an ornamental plant. This perennial herb grows from bulbs and produces a few basal leaves and flowers. The leaf is made ...more ↓
Yellow Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum dubium, common names sun star or star of Bethlehem, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae. It is a South African (Cape Province) endemic.
