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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).

Crimson bottlebrush 1
Callistemon citrinus
Stiff Bottlebrush 2
Callistemon rigidus
Weeping Bottlebrush 3
Callistemon viminalis
Calothamnus sanguineus 4
Red-flowering gum 5
Corymbia ficifolia
Great Willowherb 6
Epilobium hirsutum
bangalay 7
Eucalyptus botryoides
river redgum 8
Eucalyptus camaldulensis
sugar gum 9
Eucalyptus cladocalyx
spider gum 10
Eucalyptus conferruminata
Karri
Eucalyptus diversicolor
Tasmanian blue gum 11
Eucalyptus globulus
Tuart 12
Eucalyptus gomphocephala
Flooded Gum 13
Eucalyptus grandis
Mountain Ash 14
Eucalyptus regnans
Australian Tea Tree 15
Leptospermum laevigatum
Grass-poly 16
Lythrum hyssopifolia
purple loosestrife 17
Lythrum salicaria
Hillock bush 18
Melaleuca hypericifolia
Showy Honey-myrtle 19
Melaleuca nesophila
paperbark 20
Melaleuca quinquenervia
Pohutukawa 21
Metrosideros excelsa
myrtle 22
Myrtus communis
Oenothera affinis 23
common evening-primrose 24
Oenothera biennis
Large-flowered Evening-primrose 25
Oenothera glazioviana
Oenothera indecora indecora
Trumpet Evening Primrose 26
Oenothera jamesii
Oenothera longiflora
northern evening-primrose 27
Oenothera parviflora
rose evening primrose 28
Oenothera rosea
evening primrose 29
Oenothera stricta stricta
Common guava 30
Psidium guajava

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