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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).

Grass-poly 1
Lythrum hyssopifolia
purple loosestrife 2
Lythrum salicaria
Virginia Stock 3
Malcolmia maritima
Cretan Tree-mallow 4
Malva multiflora
bull mallow 5
Malva nicaeensis
cheeseweed mallow 6
Malva parviflora
Malva verticillata verticillata
white horehound 7
Marrubium vulgare
tattered medick
Medicago laciniata
little bur-clover 8
Medicago minima
bur clover 9
Medicago polymorpha
alfalfa 10
Medicago sativa
Hillock bush 11
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 12
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 13
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Chinaberry 14
Melia azedarach
white melilot 15
Melilotus albus
small melilot 16
Melilotus indicus
ribbed melilot 15
Melilotus officinalis
Annual mercury 17
Mercurialis annua
Pohutukawa 18
Metrosideros excelsa
Modiola 19
Modiola caroliniana
Upright Chickweed
Moenchia erecta
Myoporum insulare 20
waterbush 21
Myoporum montanum
field forget-me-not 15
Myosotis arvensis
Changing Forget-me-not 22
Myosotis discolor
Parrot's feather 23
Myriophyllum aquaticum
myrtle 24
Myrtus communis
Nassella Tussock 25
Nassella trichotoma
common oleander 26
Nerium oleander
ball mustard 26
Neslia paniculata
apple-of-Peru 27
Nicandra physalodes
tree tobacco 28
Nicotiana glauca
Nierembergia hippomanica violacea
Onion Weed 29
Nothoscordum gracile
Oenothera affinis 30
common evening-primrose 31
Oenothera biennis
Large-flowered Evening-primrose 32
Oenothera glazioviana
Oenothera indecora indecora
Trumpet Evening Primrose 33
Oenothera jamesii
Oenothera longiflora
northern evening-primrose 34
Oenothera parviflora
rose evening primrose 35
Oenothera rosea
evening primrose 36
Oenothera stricta stricta
Mission Prickly-pear 37
Opuntia ficus-indica
tree cholla 38
Cylindropuntia imbricata
Drooping Prickly Pear 39
Opuntia monacantha
Yellow Serradella 40
Ornithopus compressus
Common Broomrape 41
Orobanche minor
branched broomrape 42
Orobanche ramosa
creeping woodsorrel 43
Oxalis corniculata
Garden pink-sorrel 44
Oxalis latifolia
Guineagrass 45
Panicum maximum
Torpedo grass 16
Panicum repens
Panicum subalbidum
common poppy 46
Papaver rhoeas
Stinkbean 47
Paraserianthes lophantha lophantha
Brazilian Whitlow 48
Paronychia brasiliana
Dallis grass 49
Paspalum dilatatum
knot grass 50
Paspalum distichum
Bahia grass 51
Paspalum notatum
Vasey Grass 52
Paspalum urvillei
Bluecrown passionflower 53
Passiflora caerulea
Banana passionfruit 25
Passiflora tripartita mollissima
kikuyu grass 54
Pennisetum clandestinum
elephant grass 16
Pennisetum purpureum
fountain grass 55
Pennisetum setaceum
Rose Cactus 56
Pereskia aculeata
Periballia minuta
Avocado 57
Persea americana
pale smartweed 58
Persicaria lapathifolia
Proliferous Pink 59
Petrorhagia prolifera
Timothy Canarygrass
Phalaris angusta
harding grass 60
Phalaris aquatica
canary grass 10
Phalaris canariensis
Lesser Canary Grass 10
Phalaris minor
Canary Island palm 61
Phoenix canariensis
Date Palm 62
Phoenix dactylifera
New Zealand flax 63
Phormium tenax
turkey tangle frogfruit 64
Phyla nodiflora
Cape gooseberry 65
Physalis peruviana
grape ground-cherry 66
Physalis viscosa
American pokeweed 67
Phytolacca americana
Ombu 68
Phytolacca dioica
Tropical Pokeweed 69
Phytolacca icosandra
Inkweed 70
Phytolacca octandra
bristly oxtongue 15
Helminthotheca echioides
water lettuce 71
Pistia stratiotes
Victorian Box 72
Pittosporum undulatum
Bigelow's Plantain
Plantago bigelovii
Buck's-horn Plantain 73
Plantago coronopus
ribwort plantain 74
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 75
Plantago major
blue plumbago 76
Plumbago auriculata
Annual Meadow-grass 77
Poa annua
Smooth Meadow-grass 10
Poa pratensis
four-leaved allseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum tetraphyllum
Purple Broom 78
Polygala virgata
prostrate knotweed 10
Polygonum aviculare

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