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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).

Wallangara Wattle 1
Acacia adunca
Cootamunda wattle 2
Acacia baileyana
western coastal wattle 3
Acacia cyclops
Silver wattle 4
Acacia dealbata
Cedar wattle 5
Acacia elata
Acacia implexa 6
Sydney golden wattle 7
Acacia longifolia
black wattle 8
Acacia mearnsii
Tasmanian blackwood 9
Acacia melanoxylon
Kangaroo thorn 10
Acacia paradoxa
Queensland silver wattle 11
Acacia podalyriifolia
Golden Wattle 12
Acacia pycnantha
golden wreath wattle 13
Acacia saligna
Hop wattle 11
Acacia stricta
Acacia subporosa 14
Acacia viscidula
Crotalaria capensis 15
Indigofera torulosa torulosa
Angled Pea 16
Lathyrus angulatus
Red Vetchling 17
Lathyrus cicera
broad-leaved sweet pea 18
Lathyrus latifolius
Lentil 19
Lens culinaris
slender bird's-foot-trefoil 20
Lotus angustissimus
Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus subbiflorus
greater bird's-foot-trefoil 21
Lotus pedunculatus
Narrow-leaved Lupin 22
Lupinus angustifolius
Yellow Lupin 23
Lupinus luteus
Bitter Blue Lupin
Lupinus micranthus
tattered medick
Medicago laciniata
little bur-clover 24
Medicago minima
bur clover 25
Medicago polymorpha
alfalfa 26
Medicago sativa
white melilot 27
Melilotus albus
small melilot 9
Melilotus indicus
ribbed melilot 27
Melilotus officinalis
Yellow Serradella 16
Ornithopus compressus
Stinkbean 28
Paraserianthes lophantha lophantha
Purple Broom 29
Polygala virgata
western honey mesquite 30
Prosopis glandulosa torreyana
velvet mesquite 31
Prosopis velutina
black locust 32
Robinia pseudoacacia
African Wild Cassia 33
Senna didymobotrya
scarlet sesban 34
Sesbania punicea

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