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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).

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

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