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).

All 500

Bear's breeches ¹
Acanthus mollis

Antirrhinum orontium

Butterfly bush ²
Buddleja davidii

Madagascar Buddleia ³
Buddleja madagascariensis

Balm of Gilead ⁴
Cedronella canariensis

South African foxglove ⁵
Ceratotheca triloba

Ivy-leaved toadflax ⁶
Cymbalaria muralis

skyflower ⁷
Duranta erecta

white ash ⁸
Fraxinus americana

Polka Dot Plant ⁹
Hypoestes phyllostachya

jacaranda ¹⁰
Jacaranda mimosifolia

round-leaved fluellin
Kickxia spuria

henbit deadnettle ¹¹
Lamium amplexicaule

common lantana ¹²
Lantana camara

Japanese privet ¹³
Ligustrum japonicum

Chinese privet ¹⁴
Ligustrum sinense

white horehound ¹⁵
Marrubium vulgare

Myoporum insulare ¹⁶

waterbush ¹⁷
Myoporum montanum

Common Broomrape ¹⁸
Orobanche minor

branched broomrape ¹⁹
Orobanche ramosa

turkey tangle frogfruit ²⁰
Phyla nodiflora

Bigelow's Plantain
Plantago bigelovii

Buck's-horn Plantain ²¹
Plantago coronopus

ribwort plantain ²²
Plantago lanceolata

greater plantain ²³
Plantago major

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

Bear's breeches 1 Acanthus mollis

Antirrhinum orontium

Butterfly bush 2 Buddleja davidii

Madagascar Buddleia 3 Buddleja madagascariensis

Balm of Gilead 4 Cedronella canariensis

South African foxglove 5 Ceratotheca triloba

Ivy-leaved toadflax 6 Cymbalaria muralis

skyflower 7 Duranta erecta

white ash 8 Fraxinus americana

Polka Dot Plant 9 Hypoestes phyllostachya

jacaranda 10 Jacaranda mimosifolia

round-leaved fluellin Kickxia spuria

henbit deadnettle 11 Lamium amplexicaule

common lantana 12 Lantana camara

Japanese privet 13 Ligustrum japonicum

Chinese privet 14 Ligustrum sinense

white horehound 15 Marrubium vulgare

Myoporum insulare 16

waterbush 17 Myoporum montanum

Common Broomrape 18 Orobanche minor

branched broomrape 19 Orobanche ramosa

turkey tangle frogfruit 20 Phyla nodiflora

Bigelow's Plantain Plantago bigelovii

Buck's-horn Plantain 21 Plantago coronopus

ribwort plantain 22 Plantago lanceolata

greater plantain 23 Plantago major