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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).

Darnel
Lolium temulentum
slender bird's-foot-trefoil 1
Lotus angustissimus
Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus subbiflorus
greater bird's-foot-trefoil 2
Lotus pedunculatus
Narrow-leaved Lupin 3
Lupinus angustifolius
Yellow Lupin 4
Lupinus luteus
Bitter Blue Lupin
Lupinus micranthus
Grass-poly 5
Lythrum hyssopifolia
purple loosestrife 6
Lythrum salicaria
Virginia Stock 7
Malcolmia maritima
Cretan Tree-mallow 8
Malva multiflora
bull mallow 9
Malva nicaeensis
cheeseweed mallow 10
Malva parviflora
Malva verticillata verticillata
white horehound 11
Marrubium vulgare
tattered medick
Medicago laciniata
little bur-clover 12
Medicago minima
bur clover 13
Medicago polymorpha
alfalfa 14
Medicago sativa
Hillock bush 15
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 16
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 17
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Chinaberry 18
Melia azedarach
white melilot 19
Melilotus albus
small melilot 20
Melilotus indicus
ribbed melilot 19
Melilotus officinalis
Annual mercury 21
Mercurialis annua
Pohutukawa 22
Metrosideros excelsa
Fragrant Fern 23
Microsorum scandens
Modiola 24
Modiola caroliniana
Upright Chickweed
Moenchia erecta
Myoporum insulare 25
waterbush 26
Myoporum montanum
field forget-me-not 19
Myosotis arvensis
Changing Forget-me-not 27
Myosotis discolor
Parrot's feather 28
Myriophyllum aquaticum
myrtle 29
Myrtus communis
Nassella Tussock 30
Nassella trichotoma
southern sword fern 31
Nephrolepis exaltata
common oleander 32
Nerium oleander
ball mustard 32
Neslia paniculata
apple-of-Peru 33
Nicandra physalodes
tree tobacco 34
Nicotiana glauca
Nierembergia hippomanica violacea
Onion Weed 35
Nothoscordum gracile
Oenothera affinis 36
common evening-primrose 37
Oenothera biennis
Large-flowered Evening-primrose 38
Oenothera glazioviana
Oenothera indecora indecora
Trumpet Evening Primrose 39
Oenothera jamesii
Oenothera longiflora
northern evening-primrose 40
Oenothera parviflora
rose evening primrose 41
Oenothera rosea
evening primrose 42
Oenothera stricta stricta
Mission Prickly-pear 43
Opuntia ficus-indica
tree cholla 44
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Drooping Prickly Pear 45
Opuntia monacantha
Yellow Serradella 46
Ornithopus compressus
Common Broomrape 47
Orobanche minor
branched broomrape 48
Orobanche ramosa
creeping woodsorrel 49
Oxalis corniculata
Garden pink-sorrel 50
Oxalis latifolia
Guineagrass 51
Panicum maximum
Torpedo grass 20
Panicum repens
Panicum subalbidum
common poppy 52
Papaver rhoeas
Stinkbean 53
Paraserianthes lophantha lophantha
Brazilian Whitlow 54
Paronychia brasiliana
Dallis grass 55
Paspalum dilatatum
knot grass 2
Paspalum distichum
Bahia grass 56
Paspalum notatum
Vasey Grass 57
Paspalum urvillei
Bluecrown passionflower 58
Passiflora caerulea
Banana passionfruit 30
Passiflora tripartita mollissima
kikuyu grass 59
Pennisetum clandestinum
elephant grass 20
Pennisetum purpureum
fountain grass 60
Pennisetum setaceum
Rose Cactus 61
Pereskia aculeata
Periballia minuta
Avocado 62
Persea americana
pale smartweed 63
Persicaria lapathifolia
Proliferous Pink 64
Petrorhagia prolifera
Timothy Canarygrass
Phalaris angusta
harding grass 65
Phalaris aquatica
canary grass 14
Phalaris canariensis
Lesser Canary Grass 14
Phalaris minor
Canary Island palm 66
Phoenix canariensis
Date Palm 67
Phoenix dactylifera
New Zealand flax 68
Phormium tenax
turkey tangle frogfruit 69
Phyla nodiflora
Cape gooseberry 70
Physalis peruviana
grape ground-cherry 71
Physalis viscosa
American pokeweed 72
Phytolacca americana
Ombu 73
Phytolacca dioica
Tropical Pokeweed 74
Phytolacca icosandra
Inkweed 75
Phytolacca octandra
bristly oxtongue 19
Helminthotheca echioides
Canary Island pine 76
Pinus canariensis
Aleppo pine 77
Pinus halepensis
maritime pine 3
Pinus pinaster

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