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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).

Ipomoea cairica cairica
oceanblue morning glory 1
Ipomoea indica
common morning-glory 2
Ipomoea purpurea
jacaranda 3
Jacaranda mimosifolia
round-leaved fluellin
Kickxia spuria
prickly lettuce 4
Lactuca serriola
henbit deadnettle 5
Lamium amplexicaule
common lantana 6
Lantana camara
nipplewort 7
Lapsana communis
Angled Pea 8
Lathyrus angulatus
Red Vetchling 9
Lathyrus cicera
broad-leaved sweet pea 10
Lathyrus latifolius
Island Mallow 11
Malva assurgentiflora
annual lavatera 12
Lavatera trimestris
Lentil 13
Lens culinaris
Virginia pepperweed 14
Lepidium virginicum
Australian Tea Tree 15
Leptospermum laevigatum
Leucadendron salicifolium 16
Leucospermum cordifolium 17
Leucospermum reflexum 18
Japanese privet 19
Ligustrum japonicum
Chinese privet 20
Ligustrum sinense
Blue statice 21
Limonium sinuatum
common flax 22
Linum usitatissimum
sweet alyssum 23
Lobularia maritima
slender bird's-foot-trefoil 24
Lotus angustissimus
Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus subbiflorus
greater bird's-foot-trefoil 25
Lotus pedunculatus
Narrow-leaved Lupin 26
Lupinus angustifolius
Yellow Lupin 27
Lupinus luteus
Bitter Blue Lupin
Lupinus micranthus
Grass-poly 28
Lythrum hyssopifolia
purple loosestrife 29
Lythrum salicaria
Virginia Stock 30
Malcolmia maritima
Cretan Tree-mallow 31
Malva multiflora
bull mallow 32
Malva nicaeensis
cheeseweed mallow 33
Malva parviflora
Malva verticillata verticillata
white horehound 34
Marrubium vulgare
tattered medick
Medicago laciniata
little bur-clover 35
Medicago minima
bur clover 36
Medicago polymorpha
alfalfa 37
Medicago sativa
Hillock bush 38
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 39
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 3
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Chinaberry 40
Melia azedarach
white melilot 41
Melilotus albus
small melilot 42
Melilotus indicus
ribbed melilot 41
Melilotus officinalis
Annual mercury 43
Mercurialis annua
Pohutukawa 44
Metrosideros excelsa
Modiola 45
Modiola caroliniana
Upright Chickweed
Moenchia erecta
Myoporum insulare 46
waterbush 47
Myoporum montanum
field forget-me-not 41
Myosotis arvensis
Changing Forget-me-not 48
Myosotis discolor
Parrot's feather 49
Myriophyllum aquaticum
myrtle 50
Myrtus communis
common oleander 51
Nerium oleander
ball mustard 51
Neslia paniculata
apple-of-Peru 52
Nicandra physalodes
tree tobacco 53
Nicotiana glauca
Nierembergia hippomanica violacea
Oenothera affinis 54
common evening-primrose 14
Oenothera biennis
Large-flowered Evening-primrose 55
Oenothera glazioviana
Oenothera indecora indecora
Trumpet Evening Primrose 56
Oenothera jamesii
Oenothera longiflora
northern evening-primrose 57
Oenothera parviflora
rose evening primrose 58
Oenothera rosea
evening primrose 59
Oenothera stricta stricta
Mission Prickly-pear 60
Opuntia ficus-indica
tree cholla 61
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Drooping Prickly Pear 62
Opuntia monacantha
Yellow Serradella 8
Ornithopus compressus
Common Broomrape 63
Orobanche minor
branched broomrape 64
Orobanche ramosa
creeping woodsorrel 65
Oxalis corniculata
Garden pink-sorrel 66
Oxalis latifolia
common poppy 67
Papaver rhoeas
Stinkbean 68
Paraserianthes lophantha lophantha
Brazilian Whitlow 69
Paronychia brasiliana
Bluecrown passionflower 70
Passiflora caerulea
Banana passionfruit 71
Passiflora tripartita mollissima
Rose Cactus 72
Pereskia aculeata
Avocado 73
Persea americana
pale smartweed 74
Persicaria lapathifolia
Proliferous Pink 75
Petrorhagia prolifera
turkey tangle frogfruit 76
Phyla nodiflora
Cape gooseberry 77
Physalis peruviana
grape ground-cherry 78
Physalis viscosa
American pokeweed 79
Phytolacca americana
Ombu 80
Phytolacca dioica
Tropical Pokeweed 7
Phytolacca icosandra
Inkweed 81
Phytolacca octandra
bristly oxtongue 41
Helminthotheca echioides
Victorian Box 82
Pittosporum undulatum

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