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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).

Stone pine 1
Pinus pinea
Monterey pine 2
Pinus radiata
water lettuce 3
Pistia stratiotes
Victorian Box 4
Pittosporum undulatum
Bigelow's Plantain
Plantago bigelovii
Buck's-horn Plantain 5
Plantago coronopus
ribwort plantain 6
Plantago lanceolata
greater plantain 7
Plantago major
blue plumbago 8
Plumbago auriculata
Annual Meadow-grass 9
Poa annua
Smooth Meadow-grass 10
Poa pratensis
Breeder River yellowwood 11
Podocarpus elongatus
four-leaved allseed
Polycarpon tetraphyllum tetraphyllum
Purple Broom 12
Polygala virgata
prostrate knotweed 10
Polygonum aviculare
rabbitfoot grass 13
Polypogon monspeliensis
water beard grass 14
Polypogon viridis
pickerelweed 15
Pontederia cordata
Populus canescens
rose-moss-of-garden 8
Portulaca grandiflora
Common purslane 16
Portulaca oleracea
Indian strawberry 17
Potentilla indica
western honey mesquite 18
Prosopis glandulosa torreyana
velvet mesquite 19
Prosopis velutina
common shuttlecock sugarbush 20
Protea aurea aurea
Burchell's sugarbush 21
Protea burchellii
Bot River sugarbush 22
Protea compacta
broad-leaved sugarbush 23
Protea eximia
Hottentot’s Holland sugarbush 24
Protea lacticolor
Protea laurifolia 25
Protea magnifica 26
oleander-leaf protea 27
Protea neriifolia
stink-leaf sugarbush
Protea susannae
Prunus persica persica
Common guava 28
Psidium guajava
Shaking Brake 29
Pteris tremula
Borrer's Saltmarsh-grass 30
Puccinellia fasciculata
slender or woolly firethorn 31
Pyracantha angustifolia
Firethorn 32
Pyracantha coccinea
Mirbeck's oak 33
Quercus canariensis
Turkey Oak 34
Quercus cerris
Holm oak 35
Quercus ilex
pin oak 36
Quercus palustris
pedunculate oak 37
Quercus robur
cork oak 38
Quercus suber
Rough-fruited buttercup 39
Ranunculus muricatus
Jointed Charlock 40
Raphanus raphanistrum
annual bastard cabbage 41
Rapistrum rugosum
Quinine Tree 42
Rauvolfia caffra
yellow mignonette 43
Reseda lutea
castor bean 44
Ricinus communis
Rougeplant 45
Rivina humilis
black locust 46
Robinia pseudoacacia
watercress 47
Nasturtium officinale
European bramble complex 48
Rubus fruticosus
Roseleaf Bramble 49
Rubus rosifolius
Rumex acetosella angiocarpus
Clustered Dock 50
Rumex conglomeratus
curled dock
Rumex crispus
Rumex pulcher divaricatus
Sea Pearlwort 30
Sagina maritima
weeping willow 51
Salix babylonica
goat willow 9
Salix caprea
crack willow 52
Salix euxina
saltwort 5
Salsola kali
Giant Salvinia 53
Salvinia molesta
black elderberry 54
Sambucus nigra
Peruvian peppertree 55
Schinus molle
Brazilian pepper tree 56
Schinus terebinthifolius
dwarf marigold 57
Schkuhria pinnata
Triangular Club-rush
Schoenoplectus triqueter
German knotgrass 58
Scleranthus annuus
rye 10
Secale cereale
creeping groundsel 59
Senecio angulatus
Senecio polyanthemoides
Shoddy Ragwort 60
Senecio pterophorus
African Wild Cassia 61
Senna didymobotrya
coast redwood 62
Sequoia sempervirens
scarlet sesban 63
Sesbania punicea
Knot Root Bristle Grass 64
Setaria geniculata
Setaria sphacelata sphacelata
hooked bristle grass 65
Setaria verticillata
Green Bristle Grass 66
Setaria viridis
Cuban jute 67
Sida rhombifolia
Rose-of-heaven
Silene coeli-rosa
Small-flowered Catchfly 68
Silene gallica
milk thistle
Silybum marianum
White Mustard 69
Sinapis alba
Wild Mustard 70
Sinapis arvensis
Hedge mustard 71
Sisymbrium officinale
eastern rocket 72
Sisymbrium orientale
narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass 73
Sisyrinchium angustifolium
Blue Pigroot
Sisyrinchium micranthum
soda-apple nightshade 74
Solanum aculeastrum
silverleaf nightshade 75
Solanum elaeagnifolium
giant bitter-apple 76
Solanum giganteum
tomato 3
Solanum lycopersicum
white-margined nightshade 77
Solanum marginatum
bugweed 78
Solanum mauritianum
black nightshade 79
Solanum nigrum

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