Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to aliens recorded as naturalized on the Cape Peninsula

As guides can only do 500 species the list stops in "Solanum" and 80 species are omitted (this is our short list: there are over 800 species known at present).

All 500

woolly distaff thistle ¹
Carthamus lanatus

American chestnut ²
Castanea dentata

Sweet Chestnut ³
Castanea sativa

River sheoak ⁴
Casuarina cunninghamiana

beach she-oak ⁵
Casuarina equisetifolia

Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum

Madagascar Periwinkle ⁶
Catharanthus roseus

Balm of Gilead ⁷
Cedronella canariensis

Chinese Hackberry ⁴
Celtis sinensis

Coast Sandbur ⁸
Cenchrus incertus

purple star-thistle ⁹
Centaurea calcitrapa

Cornflower ¹⁰
Centaurea cyanus

Maltese star-thistle ¹¹
Centaurea melitensis

Red Valerian ¹²
Centranthus ruber

Sticky mouse-ear chickweed ¹³
Cerastium glomeratum

South African foxglove ¹⁴
Ceratotheca triloba

Cereus jamacaru

orange cestrum ¹⁵
Cestrum aurantiacum

inkberry ¹⁶
Cestrum laevigatum

Euphorbia inaequilatera

spotted spurge ¹⁷
Euphorbia maculata

Fat-hen ¹⁸
Chenopodium album

Mexican tea ¹⁹
Dysphania ambrosioides

Low Goosefoot
Chenopodium botryodes

Keeled Goosefoot ²⁰
Chenopodium carinatum

Tree spinach ²¹
Chenopodium giganteum

oak-leaved goosefoot ²²
Chenopodium glaucum

cutleaf goosefoot ¹⁵
Dysphania multifida

Chenopodium murale murale

Chenopodium phillipsianum

Many-seeded Goosefoot ²³
Chenopodium polyspermum

Rhodes Grass ²⁰
Chloris gayana

bracketplant ²⁴
Chlorophytum capense

Spider plant ²⁵
Chlorophytum comosum

Tricolor Daisy ²⁶
Ismelia carinata

Chrysanthemum segetum ²⁷

Marsh parsley ²⁸
Cyclospermum leptophyllum

Camphor Tree ²⁹
Cinnamomum camphora

spear thistle ³⁰
Cirsium vulgare

kangaroo ivy ³¹
Cissus antarctica

Gum Rock-rose ³²
Cistus ladanifer

Erect Clematis ³³
Clematis recta

Cleome monophylla

Taro ³⁴
Colocasia esculenta

tropical spiderwort ³⁵
Commelina benghalensis

field bindweed ³⁶
Convolvulus arvensis

Broad Leaved Fleabane ³⁷
Conyza albida

Conyza bonariensis ³⁸

horseweed ³⁹
Erigeron canadensis

Conyza scabrida ⁴⁰

Taupata ⁴¹
Coprosma repens

Lance-leaved Coreopsis ⁴²
Coreopsis lanceolata

Coronopus didymus

Purple Pampas Grass ⁴³
Cortaderia jubata

Pampas Grass ⁴⁴
Cortaderia selloana

Red-flowering gum ⁴⁵
Corymbia ficifolia

Franchet's cotoneaster ⁴⁶
Cotoneaster franchetii

Late cotoneaster ⁴³
Cotoneaster lacteus

silverleaf cotoneaster ⁴⁷
Cotoneaster pannosus

Cotula anthemoides

Australian Waterbuttons ²⁰
Cotula australis

Crataegus pubescens

Crotalaria capensis ⁴⁸

sugi ⁴⁹
Cryptomeria japonica

Monterey cypress ⁵⁰
Cupressus macrocarpa

Field Dodder ⁵¹
Cuscuta campestris

Cyanotis speciosa ⁵²

Quince ⁵³
Cydonia oblonga

Ivy-leaved toadflax ⁵⁴
Cymbalaria muralis

bristly dogtail grass ²⁰
Cynosurus echinatus

yellow nutsedge ⁵⁵
Cyperus esculentus

Cyperus rotundus rotundus ⁵⁶

cock's-foot ⁵⁷
Dactylis glomerata

Long Spined Thorn Apple ⁵⁸
Datura ferox

jimsonweed ⁵⁹
Datura stramonium

wild carrot ⁶⁰
Daucus carota

Tasmanian flax-lily ⁶¹
Dianella tasmanica

Asian ponysfoot ⁶²
Dichondra micrantha

Digitaria diversinervis

Digitaria eriantha ⁶³

Hairy Crabgrass ⁶⁴
Digitaria sanguinalis

annual wall-rocket ⁶⁵
Diplotaxis muralis

Stinkwort ⁶⁶
Dittrichia graveolens

skyflower ⁶⁷
Duranta erecta

barnyardgrass ⁶⁸
Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass ⁶⁹
Echinochloa pyramidalis

Echinopsis spachiana ⁷⁰

Pride of Madeira ⁷¹
Echium candicans

Purple viper's-bugloss ⁷²
Echium plantagineum

viper's-bugloss ⁷³
Echium vulgare

Brazilian waterweed ⁷⁴
Egeria densa

common water hyacinth ⁷⁵
Eichhornia crassipes

Ekebergia capensis ⁷⁶

Great Willowherb ¹
Epilobium hirsutum

Erica blenna

Erica glandulosa glandulosa ⁷⁷

Erica versicolor ⁷⁷

Santa Barbara daisy ⁷⁸
Erigeron karvinskianus

Loquat ⁷⁹
Eriobotrya japonica

Mediterranean Stork's-bill ⁸⁰
Erodium botrys

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

woolly distaff thistle 1 Carthamus lanatus

American chestnut 2 Castanea dentata

Sweet Chestnut 3 Castanea sativa

River sheoak 4 Casuarina cunninghamiana

beach she-oak 5 Casuarina equisetifolia

Fern-grass Catapodium rigidum

Madagascar Periwinkle 6 Catharanthus roseus

Balm of Gilead 7 Cedronella canariensis

Chinese Hackberry 4 Celtis sinensis

Coast Sandbur 8 Cenchrus incertus

purple star-thistle 9 Centaurea calcitrapa

Cornflower 10 Centaurea cyanus

Maltese star-thistle 11 Centaurea melitensis

Red Valerian 12 Centranthus ruber

Sticky mouse-ear chickweed 13 Cerastium glomeratum

South African foxglove 14 Ceratotheca triloba

orange cestrum 15 Cestrum aurantiacum

inkberry 16 Cestrum laevigatum

spotted spurge 17 Euphorbia maculata

Fat-hen 18 Chenopodium album

Mexican tea 19 Dysphania ambrosioides

Low Goosefoot Chenopodium botryodes

Keeled Goosefoot 20 Chenopodium carinatum

Tree spinach 21 Chenopodium giganteum

oak-leaved goosefoot 22 Chenopodium glaucum

cutleaf goosefoot 15 Dysphania multifida

Many-seeded Goosefoot 23 Chenopodium polyspermum

Rhodes Grass 20 Chloris gayana

bracketplant 24 Chlorophytum capense

Spider plant 25 Chlorophytum comosum

Tricolor Daisy 26 Ismelia carinata

Marsh parsley 28 Cyclospermum leptophyllum

Camphor Tree 29 Cinnamomum camphora

spear thistle 30 Cirsium vulgare

kangaroo ivy 31 Cissus antarctica

Gum Rock-rose 32 Cistus ladanifer

Erect Clematis 33 Clematis recta

Taro 34 Colocasia esculenta

tropical spiderwort 35 Commelina benghalensis

field bindweed 36 Convolvulus arvensis

Broad Leaved Fleabane 37 Conyza albida

horseweed 39 Erigeron canadensis

Taupata 41 Coprosma repens

Lance-leaved Coreopsis 42 Coreopsis lanceolata

Purple Pampas Grass 43 Cortaderia jubata

Pampas Grass 44 Cortaderia selloana

Red-flowering gum 45 Corymbia ficifolia

Franchet's cotoneaster 46 Cotoneaster franchetii

Late cotoneaster 43 Cotoneaster lacteus

silverleaf cotoneaster 47 Cotoneaster pannosus

Australian Waterbuttons 20 Cotula australis

sugi 49 Cryptomeria japonica

Monterey cypress 50 Cupressus macrocarpa

Field Dodder 51 Cuscuta campestris

Quince 53 Cydonia oblonga

Ivy-leaved toadflax 54 Cymbalaria muralis

bristly dogtail grass 20 Cynosurus echinatus

yellow nutsedge 55 Cyperus esculentus

cock's-foot 57 Dactylis glomerata

Long Spined Thorn Apple 58 Datura ferox

jimsonweed 59 Datura stramonium

wild carrot 60 Daucus carota

Tasmanian flax-lily 61 Dianella tasmanica

Asian ponysfoot 62 Dichondra micrantha

Hairy Crabgrass 64 Digitaria sanguinalis

annual wall-rocket 65 Diplotaxis muralis

Stinkwort 66 Dittrichia graveolens

skyflower 67 Duranta erecta

barnyardgrass 68 Echinochloa crus-galli

antelope-grass 69 Echinochloa pyramidalis

Pride of Madeira 71 Echium candicans

Purple viper's-bugloss 72 Echium plantagineum

viper's-bugloss 73 Echium vulgare

Brazilian waterweed 74 Egeria densa

common water hyacinth 75 Eichhornia crassipes

Great Willowherb 1 Epilobium hirsutum

Santa Barbara daisy 78 Erigeron karvinskianus

Loquat 79 Eriobotrya japonica

Mediterranean Stork's-bill 80 Erodium botrys