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Heath Kapok (Eriocephalus ericoides)Observer
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Oudtshoorn-George road, about 5 km from Oudtshoorn
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Oxycarenus annulipesObserver
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Road to Prins Albert, c. 7 km past Cango Caves, sitting in large numbers on plant of Ammi Majus
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Smelly Capethistle (Berkheya onobromoides)Observer
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Schoemanspoort, turnoff to Raubenheimer Dam
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False Greenbottles (Genus Neomyia)Observer
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Flies lay eggs on flowers of Stapelia grandiflora, which stinks of rotten meat. The eggs hatch but the maggots are unable to feed.
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Stapelia grandifloraObserver
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Cultivated, provenance unknown.
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Rose Everlasting (Helichrysum rosum)Observer
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On the road between Oudtshoorn and George
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Fine Stonecrop (Crassula expansa)Observer
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Western end of Rademeyer Street, Oudtshoorn
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Veldtgrasses (Genus Ehrharta)Observer
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Turnoff to Mossel Bay from Oudtshoorn-Calitzdorp road
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Sickle Brightfig (Lampranthus falcatus)Observer
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Oudemuragie Road on the way to Meiringspoort
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Annual Pearlwort (Sagina apetala)Observer
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Probably not indigenous to this area - growing as a weed in plant pot
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Agave and Allies (Family Asparagaceae)Observer
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Flowers all closed. Maybe opens at night?
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Slimelilies (Genus Albuca)Observer
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Didn't know this species had curly leaves, but it seems to match in other respects.
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Velvet Bedstraw (Galium tomentosum)Observer
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Just coming into flower. All vegetative parts harshly scabrid.
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Section Glomeratae (Section Glomeratae)Observer
mavourneenDescription
Growing in roadside gravel, prostrate.
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Dune Nightshade (Solanum guineense)Observer
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On river bank
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Bitterbushes (Genus Selago)Observer
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near De Rust on the Oudtshoorn road
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Lepidium desertorumObserver
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Soft sprawling herb c. 1 m high
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Monkey Beetles (Tribe Hopliini)Observer
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Eating flower of Ipomoea oblongata
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Genus MelolobiumObserver
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About 10 km from De Rust of the Oudtshoorn-De Rust road
