Caperoses Cliffortia of the Cape Peninsula

A quick guide to Peninsula Cliffortias.

Key to species of Cliffortia on the Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats area.
Christopher Whitehouse, June 2018
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Cliffortia eriocephalina

Diagnostics: leaves densely greyish hairy, 3–6 mm long, margins inrolled beneath
Habitat: high altitude mountain fynbos
Notes: several similar species found elsewhere but only one with densely greyish hairy leaves on the Peninsula

Edited by Tony Rebelo and Chris Whitehouse, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA)