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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).

common stork's-bill 1
Erodium cicutarium
Musk Stork's-bill 2
Erodium moschatum
Hairy Rocket 3
Erucastrum gallicum
bangalay 4
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 5
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 6
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 7
Eucalyptus conferruminata
Karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Tasmanian blue gum 8
Eucalyptus globulus
Tuart 9
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum 10
Eucalyptus grandis
Mountain Ash 11
Eucalyptus regnans
Sun spurge 12
Euphorbia helioscopia
petty spurge 13
Euphorbia peplus
prostrate sandmat 14
Euphorbia prostrata
Euphorbia hirsuta
Geraldton Carnation Weed 15
Euphorbia terracina
Common Buckwheat 16
Fagopyrum esculentum
common fig 17
Ficus carica
sweet fennel 18
Foeniculum vulgare
white ash 19
Fraxinus americana
Fumaria muralis muralis 20
Gallant Soldier 21
Galinsoga parviflora
Galium spurium-aparine
nit grass
Gastridium phleoides
Potato Orchid 22
Gastrodia sesamoides
Cut-leaved crane's-bill 23
Geranium dissectum
Dove's-foot crane's-bill 24
Geranium molle
Little-Robin 25
Geranium purpureum
Round-leaved Crane's-bill 26
Geranium rotundifolium
Glebionis coronarium
balloonplant 27
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
prostrate globe-amaranth 28
Gomphrena celosioides
Scarlet Grevillea 29
Grevillea banksii
Silky-oak 30
Grevillea robusta
small matweed 31
Guilleminea densa
thintail grass 32
Hainardia cylindrica
Sweet Hakea 33
Hakea drupacea
Hairy Hakea 34
Hakea gibbosa
Willow-leaved hakea 33
Hakea salicifolia
Bushy needlebush 35
Hakea sericea
African plum 36
Harpephyllum caffrum
common ivy 37
Hedera helix
Butterfly ginger 38
Hedychium coccineum
White ginger 39
Hedychium coronarium
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
Crete weed 40
Hedypnois cretica
Helichrysum indicum
Jersey Cudweed 41
Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum
European heliotrope 21
Heliotropium europaeum
Hibiscus diversifolius diversifolius 42
flower of an hour 43
Hibiscus trionum
Yorkshire fog 44
Holcus lanatus
Queensland poplar 45
Homalanthus populifolius
tapeworm plant 27
Homalocladium platycladum
wall barley (ssp. murinum)
Hordeum murinum murinum
Barley 46
Hordeum vulgare
thatching grass 47
Hyparrhenia hirta
Canary Island St. John's Wort 48
Hypericum canariense
Hypericum lalandii
common St. John's-wort 49
Hypericum perforatum
Smooth Cat's Ear 50
Hypochaeris glabra
Common Cat's-ear 51
Hypochaeris radicata
Polka Dot Plant 52
Hypoestes phyllostachya
Shrub Balsam 53
Impatiens sodenii
Cogon Grass 54
Imperata cylindrica
Indigofera torulosa torulosa
Ipomoea cairica cairica
oceanblue morning glory 55
Ipomoea indica
common morning-glory 56
Ipomoea purpurea
jacaranda 57
Jacaranda mimosifolia
dwarf rush 58
Juncus capitatus
Juncus imbricatus
round-leaved fluellin
Kickxia spuria
prickly lettuce 59
Lactuca serriola
Hare's Tail Grass 60
Lagurus ovatus
goldentop grass 61
Lamarckia aurea
henbit deadnettle 62
Lamium amplexicaule
common lantana 63
Lantana camara
nipplewort 64
Lapsana communis
Angled Pea 65
Lathyrus angulatus
Red Vetchling 66
Lathyrus cicera
broad-leaved sweet pea 67
Lathyrus latifolius
Island Mallow 68
Malva assurgentiflora
annual lavatera 69
Lavatera trimestris
Lentil 70
Lens culinaris
Virginia pepperweed 71
Lepidium virginicum
Australian Tea Tree 72
Leptospermum laevigatum
Leucadendron salicifolium 73
Summer snowflake 49
Leucojum aestivum
Leucospermum cordifolium 74
Leucospermum reflexum 75
Japanese privet 76
Ligustrum japonicum
Chinese privet 77
Ligustrum sinense
Blue statice 78
Limonium sinuatum
common flax 79
Linum usitatissimum
sweet alyssum 80
Lobularia maritima
Italian Ryegrass 81
Lolium multiflorum
Perennial Ryegrass 16
Lolium perenne
Mediterraean Rye-grass 81
Lolium rigidum

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