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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).

Fern-grass
Catapodium rigidum
Madagascar Periwinkle 1
Catharanthus roseus
Balm of Gilead 2
Cedronella canariensis
Chinese Hackberry 3
Celtis sinensis
Coast Sandbur 4
Cenchrus incertus
purple star-thistle 5
Centaurea calcitrapa
Cornflower 6
Centaurea cyanus
Maltese star-thistle 7
Centaurea melitensis
Red Valerian 8
Centranthus ruber
Sticky mouse-ear chickweed 9
Cerastium glomeratum
South African foxglove 10
Ceratotheca triloba
Cereus jamacaru
orange cestrum 11
Cestrum aurantiacum
inkberry 12
Cestrum laevigatum
Euphorbia inaequilatera
spotted spurge 13
Euphorbia maculata
Fat-hen 14
Chenopodium album
Mexican tea 15
Dysphania ambrosioides
Low Goosefoot
Chenopodium botryodes
Keeled Goosefoot 16
Chenopodium carinatum
Tree spinach 17
Chenopodium giganteum
oak-leaved goosefoot 18
Chenopodium glaucum
cutleaf goosefoot 11
Dysphania multifida
Chenopodium murale murale
Chenopodium phillipsianum
Many-seeded Goosefoot 19
Chenopodium polyspermum
Rhodes Grass 16
Chloris gayana
bracketplant 20
Chlorophytum capense
Spider plant 21
Chlorophytum comosum
Tricolor Daisy 22
Ismelia carinata
Chrysanthemum segetum 23
Marsh parsley 24
Cyclospermum leptophyllum
Camphor Tree 25
Cinnamomum camphora
spear thistle 26
Cirsium vulgare
kangaroo ivy 27
Cissus antarctica
Gum Rock-rose 28
Cistus ladanifer
Erect Clematis 29
Clematis recta
Cleome monophylla
Taro 30
Colocasia esculenta
tropical spiderwort 31
Commelina benghalensis
field bindweed 32
Convolvulus arvensis
Broad Leaved Fleabane 33
Conyza albida
Conyza bonariensis 34
horseweed 35
Erigeron canadensis
Conyza scabrida 36
Taupata 37
Coprosma repens
Lance-leaved Coreopsis 38
Coreopsis lanceolata
Coronopus didymus
Purple Pampas Grass 39
Cortaderia jubata
Pampas Grass 40
Cortaderia selloana
Red-flowering gum 41
Corymbia ficifolia
Franchet's cotoneaster 42
Cotoneaster franchetii
Late cotoneaster 39
Cotoneaster lacteus
silverleaf cotoneaster 43
Cotoneaster pannosus
Cotula anthemoides
Australian Waterbuttons 16
Cotula australis
Crataegus pubescens
Crotalaria capensis 44
Field Dodder 45
Cuscuta campestris
Cyanotis speciosa 46
Quince 47
Cydonia oblonga
Ivy-leaved toadflax 48
Cymbalaria muralis
bristly dogtail grass 16
Cynosurus echinatus
yellow nutsedge 49
Cyperus esculentus
Cyperus rotundus rotundus 50
cock's-foot 51
Dactylis glomerata
Long Spined Thorn Apple 52
Datura ferox
jimsonweed 53
Datura stramonium
wild carrot 54
Daucus carota
Tasmanian flax-lily 55
Dianella tasmanica
Asian ponysfoot 56
Dichondra micrantha
Digitaria diversinervis
Digitaria eriantha 57
Hairy Crabgrass 58
Digitaria sanguinalis
annual wall-rocket 59
Diplotaxis muralis
Stinkwort 60
Dittrichia graveolens
skyflower 61
Duranta erecta
barnyardgrass 62
Echinochloa crus-galli
antelope-grass 63
Echinochloa pyramidalis
Echinopsis spachiana 64
Pride of Madeira 65
Echium candicans
Purple viper's-bugloss 66
Echium plantagineum
viper's-bugloss 67
Echium vulgare
Brazilian waterweed 68
Egeria densa
common water hyacinth 69
Eichhornia crassipes
Ekebergia capensis 70
Great Willowherb 71
Epilobium hirsutum
Erica blenna
Erica glandulosa glandulosa 72
Erica versicolor 72
Santa Barbara daisy 73
Erigeron karvinskianus
Loquat 74
Eriobotrya japonica
Mediterranean Stork's-bill 75
Erodium botrys
common stork's-bill 76
Erodium cicutarium
Musk Stork's-bill 77
Erodium moschatum
Hairy Rocket 78
Erucastrum gallicum
bangalay 3
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 79
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 80
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 81
Eucalyptus conferruminata

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