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

Crotalaria capensis ¹

Indigofera torulosa torulosa

Angled Pea ²
Lathyrus angulatus

Red Vetchling ³
Lathyrus cicera

broad-leaved sweet pea ⁴
Lathyrus latifolius

Lentil ⁵
Lens culinaris

slender bird's-foot-trefoil ⁶
Lotus angustissimus

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil
Lotus subbiflorus

greater bird's-foot-trefoil ⁷
Lotus pedunculatus

Narrow-leaved Lupin ⁸
Lupinus angustifolius

Yellow Lupin ⁹
Lupinus luteus

Bitter Blue Lupin
Lupinus micranthus

tattered medick
Medicago laciniata

little bur-clover ¹⁰
Medicago minima

bur clover ¹¹
Medicago polymorpha

alfalfa ¹²
Medicago sativa

white melilot ¹³
Melilotus albus

small melilot ¹⁴
Melilotus indicus

ribbed melilot ¹³
Melilotus officinalis

Yellow Serradella ²
Ornithopus compressus

black locust ¹⁵
Robinia pseudoacacia

scarlet sesban ¹⁶
Sesbania punicea

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Aliens of the Cape Peninsula

Crotalaria capensis 1

Indigofera torulosa torulosa

Angled Pea 2 Lathyrus angulatus

Red Vetchling 3 Lathyrus cicera

broad-leaved sweet pea 4 Lathyrus latifolius

Lentil 5 Lens culinaris

slender bird's-foot-trefoil 6 Lotus angustissimus

Hairy Bird's-foot-trefoil Lotus subbiflorus

greater bird's-foot-trefoil 7 Lotus pedunculatus

Narrow-leaved Lupin 8 Lupinus angustifolius

Yellow Lupin 9 Lupinus luteus

Bitter Blue Lupin Lupinus micranthus

tattered medick Medicago laciniata

little bur-clover 10 Medicago minima

bur clover 11 Medicago polymorpha

alfalfa 12 Medicago sativa

white melilot 13 Melilotus albus

small melilot 14 Melilotus indicus

ribbed melilot 13 Melilotus officinalis

Yellow Serradella 2 Ornithopus compressus

black locust 15 Robinia pseudoacacia

scarlet sesban 16 Sesbania punicea