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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).

Camphor Tree 1
Cinnamomum camphora
spear thistle 2
Cirsium vulgare
kangaroo ivy 3
Cissus antarctica
Gum Rock-rose 4
Cistus ladanifer
Erect Clematis 5
Clematis recta
Cleome monophylla
field bindweed 6
Convolvulus arvensis
Broad Leaved Fleabane 7
Conyza albida
Conyza bonariensis 8
horseweed 9
Erigeron canadensis
Conyza scabrida 10
Taupata 11
Coprosma repens
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 12
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coronopus didymus
Red-flowering gum 13
Corymbia ficifolia
Franchet's cotoneaster 14
Cotoneaster franchetii
Late cotoneaster 15
Cotoneaster lacteus
silverleaf cotoneaster 16
Cotoneaster pannosus
Cotula anthemoides
Australian Waterbuttons 17
Cotula australis
Crataegus pubescens
Crotalaria capensis 18
Field Dodder 19
Cuscuta campestris
Quince 20
Cydonia oblonga
Ivy-leaved toadflax 21
Cymbalaria muralis
Long Spined Thorn Apple 22
Datura ferox
jimsonweed 23
Datura stramonium
wild carrot 24
Daucus carota
Asian ponysfoot 25
Dichondra micrantha
annual wall-rocket 26
Diplotaxis muralis
Stinkwort 27
Dittrichia graveolens
skyflower 28
Duranta erecta
Echinopsis spachiana 29
Pride of Madeira 30
Echium candicans
Purple viper's-bugloss 31
Echium plantagineum
viper's-bugloss 32
Echium vulgare
Ekebergia capensis 33
Great Willowherb 34
Epilobium hirsutum
Erica blenna
Erica glandulosa glandulosa 35
Erica versicolor 35
Santa Barbara daisy 36
Erigeron karvinskianus
Loquat 37
Eriobotrya japonica
Mediterranean Stork's-bill 38
Erodium botrys
common stork's-bill 39
Erodium cicutarium
Musk Stork's-bill 40
Erodium moschatum
Hairy Rocket 41
Erucastrum gallicum
bangalay 42
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 43
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 44
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 45
Eucalyptus conferruminata
Karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Tasmanian blue gum 46
Eucalyptus globulus
Tuart 47
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum 48
Eucalyptus grandis
Mountain Ash 49
Eucalyptus regnans
Sun spurge 50
Euphorbia helioscopia
petty spurge 51
Euphorbia peplus
prostrate sandmat 52
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia hirsuta
Geraldton Carnation Weed 53
Euphorbia terracina
Common Buckwheat 54
Fagopyrum esculentum
common fig 55
Ficus carica
sweet fennel 56
Foeniculum vulgare
white ash 57
Fraxinus americana
Fumaria muralis muralis 58
Gallant Soldier 59
Galinsoga parviflora
Galium spurium-aparine
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 60
Geranium dissectum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 61
Geranium molle
Little-Robin 62
Geranium purpureum
Round-leaved Crane's-bill 63
Geranium rotundifolium
Glebionis coronarium
balloonplant 16
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
prostrate globe-amaranth 64
Gomphrena celosioides
Scarlet Grevillea 65
Grevillea banksii
Silky-oak 66
Grevillea robusta
small matweed 67
Guilleminea densa
Sweet Hakea 68
Hakea drupacea
Hairy Hakea 69
Hakea gibbosa
Willow-leaved hakea 68
Hakea salicifolia
Bushy needlebush 70
Hakea sericea
African plum 71
Harpephyllum caffrum
common ivy 72
Hedera helix
Crete weed 73
Hedypnois cretica
Helichrysum indicum
Jersey Cudweed 74
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
European heliotrope 59
Heliotropium europaeum
Hibiscus diversifolius diversifolius 75
flower of an hour 76
Hibiscus trionum
Queensland poplar 7
Homalanthus populifolius
tapeworm plant 16
Homalocladium platycladum
Canary Island St. John's Wort 77
Hypericum canariense
Hypericum lalandii
common St. John's-wort 78
Hypericum perforatum
Smooth Cat's Ear 79
Hypochaeris glabra
Common Cat's-ear 15
Hypochaeris radicata
Polka Dot Plant 80
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Shrub Balsam 81
Impatiens sodenii
Indigofera torulosa torulosa

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