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Silver Bubblepod (Lessertia argentea)Observer
pdwhugoDescription
Surely the same as at Blouberg nature reserve? Will check the name now.
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Hedge Woundwort (Stachys sylvatica)Observer
rushin-bushinDescription
Peloric specimen! Thanks to Daniel for letting me know what this curiosity was.
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Sheep Boneseed (Osteospermum scariosum)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
GF 858
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Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas (Genus Psoralea)Observer
charles_stirtonDescription
Sprawling compact shrublet with bright glossy green leaflets, Stipules clasping, broadly subulate Voucher specimen: Muasya & Stirton 5163 (BOL).
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Fountainbushes and Dotty Peas (Genus Psoralea)Observer
charles_stirtonPlace
J.A. Briers Louw Private Nature Reserve, Cape Winelands District Municipality, South Africa (Google, OSM)Description
Spreading to shortly erect shrub, much stemmed and branched. Flowers white. Standard with a small purple nectar patch surrounding a largish white M-shaped area near the base of the petal. Heavily grazed in an open patch but less so in a dense 15-year old shrubby patch. Stipules clasping, broadly subulate. Young shoots purplish.
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Sandveld Ragwort (Senecio arenarius)Observer
petrabroddleDescription
Senecio arenarius Thunb. (= Senecio cakilefolius DC.) Hongerblom
Glandular-hairy annual, 15–40 cm.
Leaves toothed to pinnatisect, margins sometimes revolute. Flower heads radiate, several, terminal
in branched corymbs, yellow with mauve (rarely white or pale yellow) rays. July–Sept. Sandy
and gravelly flats and washes, NW, SW, AP (central Namibia, Namaqualand through western
S Africa to De Hoop and Karoo Mtns).
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Pale Everlasting (Helichrysum revolutum)Observer
dianastuderDescription
ivory buds, yellow flowers, narrow leaves
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Amazon Pegreed (Restio duthieae)Observer
jwichtDescription
4th pic of capsule split along the lower side.
5th pic of the seed covered in a netted membrane.
6th pic of internode - at each a green short leaflike extension, seems to later turn brown and drop off
7th pic - stigmas at the internodes
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Peninsula Indigo (Indigofera candolleana)Observer
mr_fabDescription
Sp nov rodinii
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Bluestems, Thatching Grasses, and Allies (Subtribe Andropogoninae)Observer
nicky
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jan-hendrikDescription
Growing together with T. lucens (which it resembles quite a bit when not flowering).
The first couple of pics are of male specimens: T. guthrieae on the left, and T. lucens on the right.
The fruits of T. lucens are the round ones (i.e., as broad as tall), whereas T. guthrieae have fruits that are longer than tall. Also, the taller plants in the photos are T. lucens, whereas the shorter ones are T. guthrieae.
Moreover, the spikelets themselves are also quite different, with T. guthrieae being much larger.
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Spiny Twinleaf (Roepera spinosa)Observer
vynbosDescription
Vibrantly marked flowers but you can't see this standing above the plant (pic 5 6 7) as the flowers hang facing the ground , so must be pollinated by something that runs along the ground
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Showy Indigo (Indigofera glomerata)Observer
mr_fabDescription
Sp nov caledonensis
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Orange Heath (Erica quadrisulcata)Observer
sethmuskerDescription
SM336. 30cm Coppicing, many-branched. Sprawling over rocks.
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Pale Heath (Erica palliiflora)Observer
sethmuskerDescription
SM343. 20cm ss mb, erect. In flat, dry area.
