Species list
1075
species found
| Scientific name | Common name | Features | Vegetation type(s) |
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| Adenandra obtusata | Agulhas china flower |
Fragrant This will attract honey bees |
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| Afrocarpus falcatus | Outeniqua yellowwood |
It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species |
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| Agapanthus africanus | Cape agapanthus |
Attracts butterflies It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Agathosma apiculata | Garlic buchu |
It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Agrostis lachnantha var. calycina | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Agrostis lachnantha var. lachnantha | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Aizoon sarmentosum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Albuca canadensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Albuca flaccida | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Albuca juncifolia | Slime lily |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Albuca maxima | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Aloe africana |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe arborescens | Kranz aloe |
It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe arenicola |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe bowiea |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe brevifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe buhrii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe ciliaris |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe claviflora |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe commixta |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe comosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe comptonii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe distans |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe falcata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe ferox | Bitter aloe |
Drought-resistant Good potplant It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe framesii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe glauca |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe gracilis |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe haemanthifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe humilis |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe lineata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe longistyla |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe maculata | Soap Aloe |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe micracantha |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe microstigma |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe perfoliata | Rubble Aloe |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe pictifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe plicatilis | Fan aloe |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe pluridens |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe speciosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe striata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe succotrina | Fynbos Aloe |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloe variegata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloiampelos ciliaris var. ciliaris | Climbing aloe |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloiampelos commixta | Peninsula Rambling aloe |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Aloidendron barbarae | Tree Aloe | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Amaryllis belladonna | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Ammocharis longifolia | Malgas lily |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Fragrant Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
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| Anemone tenuifolia | Wild anemone | ||
| Anisodontea scabrosa | rough-leaf African mallow, sand rose, pink mallow, hairy mallow |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Fast-growing Fragrant Good potplant Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Wind resistant |
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
| Anthospermum aethiopicum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Apodytes dimidiata | White Pear |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Aponogeton angustifolius |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Aponogeton distachyos | Cape pond weed |
Easy to grow Edible Fast-growing Fragrant Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Aptenia cordifolia | Red/baby sun rose |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Arctopus echinatus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Arctotheca calendula | Capeweed |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Good for coastal areas Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Arctotis stoechadifolia | Silver arctotis |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
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| Aristea africana |
It provides medicinal value |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aristea bakeri | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Aristea cuspidata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Aristea glauca | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Artemisia afra | Wormwood |
Easy to grow Fragrant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Aspalathus acuminata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus angustifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus cordata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus ericifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus filicaulis |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus hispida |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus retroflexa |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus sericea |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus spinosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus ternata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Aspalathus tridentata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Asparagus asparagoides |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Asparagus capensis | Wild Asparagus |
Edible Fragrant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Asparagus declinatus |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Asparagus Lignosus |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Asparagus rubicundus |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Asparagus undulatus |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Asphodelus fistulosus | Onion weed | ||
| Asystasia gangetica micrantha | Creeping foxglove |
Fast-growing Pioneer species |
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| Athanasia crithmifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Athanasia dentata |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Athanasia trifurcata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Avena sterilis | Winter wild oat | ||
| Babiana ambigua | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Babiana fragrans | fragrant blue babiana |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Edible Fragrant Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Babiana hirsuta (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning | red babiana |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Babiana ringens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Babiana thunbergii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Babiana villosa |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Baeometra uniflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Baleria repens | small bush violet |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Fast-growing Good potplant Pioneer species This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Cape Sugarbird Will attract the Malachite Sugarbird Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird |
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| Barleria obtusa | Bush violet |
Drought-resistant This will attract honey bees |
Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Berkheya rigida |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Berzelia abrotanoides | Redlegs |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Berzelia albiflora | coffee-scented berzelia, coffee bush, white-flowered brunia |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Cape Sugarbird Will attract the Malachite Sugarbird Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird |
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| Berzelia lanuginosa | Common button bush |
Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
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| Bidens pilosa | Common Blackjack | ||
| Bobartia indica | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Bobartia orientalis | |||
| Bobartia sp. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Bolboschoenus maritimus | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Bonatea speciosa | green wood orchid |
Good potplant |
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| Brabejum stellatifolium | Wild Almond |
Can be used as a hedge Edible Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
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| Brachylaena neriifolia | Cape Silver Oak |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Briza minor | Small quaking grass | ||
| Bromus catharticus | Rescue grass | ||
| Bromus diandrus | Ripgut Brome | ||
| Brunia laevis | Silver Brunia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
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| Brunia noduliflora | common brunia |
Attracts butterflies Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Brunia stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Brunsvigia josephinae | Candelabra lily |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Brunsvigia litoralis | Surfer's Cadelabra |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant It provides medicinal value Will attract sunbirds |
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| Brunsvigia orientalis | Candelabra flower |
Good potplant Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Bryum argenteum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Buddleja saligna | False olive |
It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Buddleja salviifolia | Sagewood |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Bulbine alooides |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Bulbine favosa |
Fragrant Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Bulbine frutescens | Snake flower |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Bulbine lagopus |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Bulbinella triquetra |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Burchellia bubalina |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cadaba aphylla |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Caesia contorta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Callistemon | Bottlebrush |
This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Calopsis rigorata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Campylopus sp. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Canthium inerme | Cape Date |
Easy to grow Edible It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Carissa macrocarpa | Num-num |
Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Carpanthea pomeridiana | carpanthea |
Easy to grow Fast-growing Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Carpha glomerata |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Carpobrotus acinaciformis | Elands sour fig |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Carpobrotus edulis | Sour fig |
Easy to grow Edible It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Cassine peragua | Forest Spoonwood |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Cassytha ciliolata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Celtis africana | White Stinkwood | ||
| Centella asiatica |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Centella macrocarpa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Centella tridentata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cerastium capense | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cerastium glomeratum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Chasmanthe aethiopica | Small cobra lily |
Easy to grow It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Chasmanthe bicolor | Red-and-green cobra lily |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Chasmanthe floribunda | Cobra lily |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Chasmanthe floribunda 'Duckittii' | Yellow cobra lily |
Easy to grow Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Chionanthus foveolatus | Bastard Ironwood | ||
| Chironia baccifera | Christmas berry |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Chironia c.f tetragona | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Chlorophytum rangei | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Chondropetalum nudum |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Chrysanthemoides incana |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp monilifera | Bietou |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Chrysitrix capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Chrysocoma coma-aurea |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Cissampelos capensis | Root of David |
It provides medicinal value |
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| Cliffortia dodecandra |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Cliffortia ferruginea | Glossy cliffortia |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites |
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| Cliffortia hirta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cliffortia juniperina | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cliffortia obcordata | |||
| Cliffortia polygonifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cliffortia ruscifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Cliffortia strobilifera | Cone River Caperose |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Clivia miniata | Bush lily |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Colchicum eucomoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Coleonema album | Cape may |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Conicosia pugioniformis | Narrow-leaved iceplant |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
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| Corycium orobanchoides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cotula coronopifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Cotula filifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cotula turbinata |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Cotula vulgaris | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Cotyledon orbiculata | Pig's ear |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Crassula ciliata |
Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Crassula decumbens var. brachyphylla | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Crassula dejecta | doily crassula |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Crassula glomerata |
Easy to grow Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Crassula multicava | Fairy crassula |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Crassula muscosa | Lizard's Tail | ||
| Crassula natans |
Good potplant Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Crassula ovata | Kerky bush |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Crassula tetragona |
Suitable for sandy soil |
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| Crassula thunbergiana subsp. thunbergiana |
Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Crossyne cf. guttata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Crotalaria excisa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cunonia capensis | Rooiels |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Curio crassulifolius | Blue fingers |
Suitable for sandy soil |
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| Curtisia dentata | Assegai | ||
| Cyanella hyacinthoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Cymbopogon marginatus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Cynodon dactylon | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus cf. sphaerospermus Schrad. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus lanceus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus longus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus mundtii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus sphaerospermus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyperus textilis | Umbrella sedge |
It can be used as a construction material Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Cyphia bulbosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Cyphia digitata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyphia incisa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Cyrtanthus angustifolius |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cyrtanthus carneus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cyrtanthus fergusoniae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cyrtanthus labiatus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cyrtanthus odorus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Cyrtanthus ventricosus | fire lily |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Dais cotinifolia | Pompon tree |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
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| Daubenya zeyheri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Delosperma cooperi | Trailing Iceplant |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Dianthus albens | Wild pink |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
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| Diastella proteoides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Dietes grandiflora | Large wild iris |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Dietes iridioides | Wood iris |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Wind resistant |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Dilatris ixioides | |||
| Dimorphotheca eckloni | Cape marguerite |
Suitable for sandy soil |
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| Dimorphotheca fruticosa | White daisy bush |
Drought-resistant |
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| Dimorphotheca pluvialis |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Diosma oppositifolia | bitter buchu |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Diospyros whyteana | Wild Coffee |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Diospyros whyteana | Bladder-nut |
Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Disa barbata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Disa bracteata |
Sensitive roots |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Disa bracteata Sw. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Disa cornuta | Golden Orchid | ||
| Disa harveiana | Lilac disa | ||
| Dischisma capitatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Disperis villosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Dodonaea angustifolia | Sand olive |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This is a bird-friendly species |
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| Dodonea viscosa | Sand Olive | ||
| Dorotheanthus bellidiformis | Buck Bay vygie |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Drimia filifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Drimia minor | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Drosera capensis | Cape Sundew |
Good potplant It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites |
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| Drosera cistiflora |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Drosera hilaris | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Drosera trinervia |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Drosera trinervia Spreng. |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Edmondia sesamoides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ehrharta calycina | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Ehrharta erecta Lam. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ehrharta longiflora J.E.Sm. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ehrharta villosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Elegia asperiflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Elegia capensis | horsetail restio |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Elegia nuda | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Elegia recta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Elegia tectorum | Cape thatching reed |
It can be used as a construction material Suitable for wet sites |
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| Elegia thyrsifera |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Elegia thyrsifera | |||
| Elytropappus rhinocerotis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Empodium plicatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Eragrostis brizoides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eragrostis capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eragrostis curvula | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erepsia anceps |
Good potplant |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Erepsia aspera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erepsia gracilis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica abelii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica abietina | Red Heath |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
| Erica abietina subsp. atrorosea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica abietina subsp. perfoliosa |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica alfredii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ampullacea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica annectens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica aristata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica armata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica astroites |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica atrovinosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica axilliflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica banksia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica barrydalensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bauera |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica beatricis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica berzelioides |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bibax |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica blenna |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica bodkinii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica borboniifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica brachialis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica breviflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica caffra |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica calcareophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica caledonica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cameronii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica casta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cerinthoides | Fire Heath |
Easy to grow Good potplant Suitable for clay soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chloroloma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chlorosepala |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica chrysocodon |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica coccinea | Tassel Heath |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica colorans |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica conica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica conspicua |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica corifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica cremea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica curviflora | Water Heath |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for wet sites Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cygnea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica cylindrica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica daphniflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica densifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica dianthifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica diaphana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica dichrus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica discolor |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica doliiformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica embothriifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica etheliae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica eugenea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica excavata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fairii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fascicularis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fastigiata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fervida |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica filamentosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica filipendula |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica foliacea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica fontana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica galgebergensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gallorum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica galpinii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gilva |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glandulosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glauca |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica glutinosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica goatcheriana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gossypioides |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica grandiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica grisbrookii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica gysbertii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica halicacaba |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hameriana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hanekomii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hebecalyx |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica heleogena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica heleophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hendricksii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hibbertia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica hispidula | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica holosericea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica imbricata |
Good potplant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica incarnata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inclusa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inflata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica infundibuliformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica inordinata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica insignis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica insolitanthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica intonsa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica irbyana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ixanthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica jasminiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica junonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica kirstenii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica kogelbergenisis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lageniformis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lananthera |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lanipes |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lanuginosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lasciva | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica latiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lawsonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica leucosiphon |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica leucotrachela |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica lineata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica longifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macilenta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macowanii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica macroloma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mammosa | Nine-pin Heath |
Sensitive roots Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Erica margaritaceae |
Easy to grow Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica mariae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica massonii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mauritanica | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica maximiliani |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mitchellensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica monadelphia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica monsoniana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica mucronata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica multumbellifera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica muscosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica nabea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nematophylla |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica nevillei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica oblongiflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica odorata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica omninoglabra |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pageana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica paludicola |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica papyracea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica patersonia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica patersonii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pectinifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica perspicua |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica phillipsii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica physodes |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pinea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica plena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica plukenetii |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica porteri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica praenitens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica primulina |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica propendens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pudens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica pulchella | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica pyramidalis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica quadrisulcata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica recta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica regia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica retorta |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica rufescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sacciflora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sagittata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica savilea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica saxigena |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica schumannii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sessiliflora | Green Heath |
Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica shannonea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica similis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica simils | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica sociorum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica sparrmannii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica speciosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica squarrosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica steinbergiana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica strigilifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica subdivaricata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica taxifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tenax |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica thomae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica toringbergensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trachysantha |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trichophora |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica trichroma |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tristis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erica tubercularis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica tumida |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica turgida |
Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica turrisbabylonica |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica urna-viridis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ustulescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica vallisaranearum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica vallisgratiae |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica velitaris |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica ventricosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica versicolor |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica verticillata |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Erica vestita |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica viridescens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica viscaria |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica walkeria |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica wendlandiana |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica winteri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica xanthina |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica xerophila |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Erica zitzikammensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Eriocephalus africanus | Wild rosemary |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Eriocephalus africanus var. africanus |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Eriospermum cordiforme | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eriospermum lanceifolium | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eriospermum pumilum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eriospermum spirale | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Erythrina lysistemon | Common coral tree |
It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Eucalyptus saligna | Bluegum |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Euclea racemosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Euphorbia hirta | hairy spurge |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Euphorbia rigida | Milkweed |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Euphorbia tuberosa | milk-ball, wild charlock |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Euryops pectinatus | Golden euryops |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Eustegia filiformis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Eustegia minuta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Falkia repens | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Felicia aethiopica | Wild aster |
Easy to grow Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Felicia filifolia | fine-leaved felicia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
| Felicia heterophylla |
Attracts butterflies Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Felicia tenella |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Felicia tenella subsp. longifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ferraria crispa | Spinnekopblom | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Ficinia bulbosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia capitella | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia dunensis | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia filiformis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia india | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia indica | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia nodosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ficinia oligantha | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Fiscal tree | Fiscal tree | ||
| Freylinia lanceolata | honey bell-bush |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Easy to grow Fragrant Suitable for wet sites This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Frilly-leafed Oak | |||
| Fuirena hirsuta |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Galenia pubescens var. pubescens | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Gasteria glomerata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gazania pectinata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Gazania rigens var. rigens | Clumping Gazania |
Easy to grow Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Gazania rigens var. uniflora | Treasure flower |
Easy to grow Pioneer species Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Geissorhiza aspera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Geissorhiza geminata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Geissorhiza hispidula | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Geissorhiza imbricata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Geissorhiza Ixia | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Geissorhiza juncea | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Geissorhiza maculata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Geranium incanum |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Geranium rotundifolium | Round leaf Geranium | ||
| Gethyllis afra | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Gladiolus bonaspei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gladiolus carinatus |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Gladiolus cunonius |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Gladiolus priorii |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gladiolus quadrangulus |
This will attract honey bees |
Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Gladiolus splendens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gladiolus teretifolius |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gladiolus tristis | Marsh Afrikaner |
Fragrant |
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| Gladiolus undulatus | Painted Lady | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Gladiolus watsonius |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Gnidia juniperifolia Lam. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Gnidia laxa | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Gnidia subulata Lam. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Gomphocarpus fruticosus | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Gomphocarpus physocarpus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Gomphocarpus sp. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Grammatotheca bergiana | Water Lobelia |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Grewia occidentalis | Cross-berry Raisin |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Gunnera perpensa | River pumpkin |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites |
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| Gymnosporia buxifolia | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Haemanthus amarylloides |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Haemanthus canaliculatus |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Haemanthus coccineus | March flower |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Haemanthus pubescens | Paintbrush |
Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Haemanthus sanguineus | Blood flower |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Halleria elliptica | Rock tree-fuchsia |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Halleria lucida |
Easy to grow Edible Good potplant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Harpephyllum caffrum | Wild plum |
It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Hartogiella schinoides | Spoonwood | ||
| Harveya bolusii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Harveya capensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Harveya purpurea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Harveya squamosa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Helichrysum crispum (H. patulum?) | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Helichrysum cymosum |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Helichrysum patulum | Honeyeverlasting |
It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Helichrysum petiolare | Everlasting |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Heliophila africana | Flax |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Heliophila coronopifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Heliophila pursila |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Heliophila pusilla |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Heliophila pusilla var. pusilla | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Heliophilia juncea | Wild stock | ||
| Hellmuthia membranacea |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Helminthotheca echioides | bristly oxtongue | ||
| Hemimeris racemosa | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Hemimeris sabulosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Hermannia cuneifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Hermannia diffusa |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Hermannia hyssopifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Hermannia multiflora |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Hesperantha falcata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Hesperantha radiata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Hessea cinnamomea | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Hibiscus | Hibiscus |
This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Holothrix villosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Holothrix villosa Lindl. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Hydrodictyon africanum | Waternet | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Hyobanche atropurpurea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Hyobanche glabrata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Hyobanche sanguinea |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Hyparrhenia hirta | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Hypochaeris glabra | Smooth Cats-ear | ||
| Hypochaeris radicata | harry wild lettuce | ||
| Ilex mitis | Cape Holly |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Imperata arundinacea |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Suitable for sandy soil |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Imperata cylindrica | Sword grass |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Edible Fast-growing It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Indigofera capillaris | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Indigofera incana | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Indigofera psoraloides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Isoetes capensis | Cape Quillwort | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Isoetes stellenbossiensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Isolepis bulbifera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Isolepis cernua var. cernua | Leshomokxoane | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Isolepis hystrix |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Isolepis levynsiana | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Isolepis marginata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Isolepis prolifera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Isolepis rubicunda | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ixia dubia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ixia maculata var maculata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ixia monadelpha |
Fast-growing Good potplant Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ixia paniculata |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Jordaaniella dubia | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Juncus bufonius | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Juncus capensis |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Juncus cephalotes | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Juncus drageanus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Juncus effusus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Juncus kraussii Hochst. subsp. kraussii |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii | Matting Rush | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Juncus oxycarpus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Kalanchoe rotundifolia |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kiggelaria africana | Wild peach |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Klattia flava |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Klattia stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kniphofia citrina |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kniphofia praecox |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kniphofia sarmentosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kniphofia tabularis | Red Hot Poker |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Kniphofia uvaria | Red Hot Poker |
Fast-growing Good for coastal areas Suitable for clay soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds Wind resistant |
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| Koeleria capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lachenalia aloides | Opal flower |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Lachenalia arbuthnotiae |
This will attract honey bees |
Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Lachenalia bulbifera | red lachenalia |
Good potplant Suitable for clay soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Lachenalia contaminata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lachenalia fistulosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Lachenalia mediana var. mediana |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Lachenalia orchioides | Groenviooltjie |
This will attract honey bees |
Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Lachenalia reflexa | Yellow soldier |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Lachenalia rubida | Sandkalossie |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lachenalia unifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lachenalia variegata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lachenalia viridiflora |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lachnaea grandiflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lampranthus amoenus |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Lampranthus aurantiacus | Ice Plant Bush |
Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Lampranthus bicolor | Bicoloured lampranthus |
Good potplant Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Lampranthus calcaratus |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lampranthus emarginatus |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Lampranthus filicaulis |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lampranthus glaucus | Yellow noon flower |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Boland Granite Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos Lourensford Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Alluvium Fynbos Swartland Granite Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
| Lampranthus reptans | Creeping Brightfig |
Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Lampranthus spectabilis |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Lampranthus stenus |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Atlantis Sand Fynbos Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Hangklip Sand Fynbos | |
| Lampranthus tegens | mat-lampranthus |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Laurembergia repens |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Lavandula | Lavender |
Attracts butterflies Suitable for clay soil |
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| Lebeckia plukenetiana | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lemna gibba | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Leonotis leonurus | Lion's Tail |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Edible It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Leonotis ocymifolia | Minaret Flower |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lepidium africanum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lessertia frutescens | Cancer bush |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Leucadendron argenteum | Silver tree |
Drought-resistant Fragrant It can be used as a construction material Pioneer species Sensitive roots This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Leucadendron floridum | Flats Conebush |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
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| Leucadendron levisanus |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Leucadendron salignum | Common Sunshine Conebush |
Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Leucospermum catheinae |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum conocarpodendron | Grey tree pincushion |
It provides medicinal value Sensitive roots Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Leucospermum conocarpodendron subsp. viridum |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum cordatum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum cordifolium |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum cuneiforme |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum erubescens |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum formosum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum fulgens |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum glabrum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum gracile |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum grandiflorum |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum gueinzii |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum heterophyllum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum lineare |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum muirii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum muirii | Albertinia pincushion |
Drought-resistant This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Cape Sugarbird Will attract the Malachite Sugarbird Will attract the Orange-breasted Sugarbird |
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| Leucospermum mundii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum oleifolium |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum parile |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum pattersonii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum pedunculatum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum pluridens |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum praecox |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum praemorsum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum profugum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum prostratum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum reflexum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum rodolentum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum royenifolium |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum saxatile |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum spathulatum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum tomentosum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum tottum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum truncatulum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum utriculosum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum vestitum |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum winteri |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Leucospermum wittebergense |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lichtensteinia obscura | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ligustrum japonicum | Japanese privet | ||
| Liparia splendens |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lobelia erinus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Lobelia quadrisepala | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lobelia setacea | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lobostemon glaucophyllus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Lolium temulentum | Darnel ryegrass | ||
| Lotononis involucrata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lotononis oxyptera | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lotononis parviflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Lycium afrum | Kraal honeythorn |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Lycium ferocissimum |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Mariscus thunbergii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Massonia depressa |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Massonia pustulata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Maurocenia frangularia | Hottentot’s Cherry | ||
| Maytenus acuminata | Sybas Silky Bark | ||
| Maytenus oleoides | Rock False Candlewood | ||
| Melianthus elongatus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Melianthus major | Touch-me-not |
Easy to grow Fragrant It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
| Merxmuellera cincta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Metalasia densa | |||
| Metalasia muricata | White Bristle Bush |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Micranthus alopecuroides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Micranthus junceus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Microloma sagittatum | Bokhoring |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld |
| Microloma tenuifolium |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes arboreus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes argenteus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes capitulatus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes cucullatus | Red pagoda |
Easy to grow Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes fimbrifolius |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes fimbriifolius |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes hirtus |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes hottentoticus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes palustris |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes pauciflorus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes saxatilis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes splendidus |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Mimetes stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Monopsis debilis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Monopsis lutea |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Monopsis simplex | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Moraea angusta |
Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Moraea aristata | Blue - eyed Moraea |
Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Moraea bellendenii |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
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| Moraea cf. fugax |
Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Moraea cf. virgata subsp. virgata |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Moraea collina | Cape Tulip |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea elsiae | Sticky Sand Tulip |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea flaccida | One-leaf Cape Tulip |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Moraea fugacissima | Lunch Clockflower |
Fragrant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for wet sites Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea fugax subsp. filicaulis | Threadstalk Tulp |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea gawleri | Crisp Tulp |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Moraea lewisiae | Ostrich Threadstar |
Fragrant Suitable for clay soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea lewisiae subsp lewisiae | Ostrich Bulb |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea lugubris | Crown Tulp |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea miniata | Two-leaved Cape Tulip |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Moraea miniata Andrews | Poison Bulb |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea papilionacea | Hairy Iris |
Fragrant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea ramosissima | Giant Iris |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Moraea setifolia | Paper Glasstulp |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Moraea tripetala | Blue Tulp |
Drought-resistant Good for coastal areas Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Moraea viscaria | Trailing Tulp |
Fragrant Good for coastal areas Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Morella cordifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Morella quercifolia | Oak-leafed waxberry |
It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Morella serrata | Lance-leaf waxberry |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Muraltia demissa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Muraltia ericoides |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Muraltia filiformis |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Muraltia heisteria |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Muraltia macropetala Harv. |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Myrsine africana | Cape Myrtle |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Nemesia affinis Benth. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Nenax acerosa Gaertn. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Nerine humilis |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Nylandtia spinosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Nymphaea capensis | Cape blue waterlily |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Ochna serrulata | Mickey-mouse bush |
Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Ocotea bullata | Stinkwood | ||
| Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa | Ironwood |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Olea europaea subsp. africana | Wild Olive |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Olea europaea subspescies africana |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Olinia ventosa | Hard Pear | ||
| Onixotis punctata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ornithogalum dregeanum |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ornithogalum dubium | yellow chincherinchee |
Good potplant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Ornithogalum fragrans | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ornithogalum graminifolium |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Ornithogalum juncifolium | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ornithogalum thyrsoides | Chincherinchee |
Easy to grow Good potplant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Orphium frutescens |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Osmitopsis asteriscoides | Swamp daisy |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Sandstone Fynbos |
| Osteospermum moniliferum | Tickberry |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Good for coastal areas It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Osteospermum moniliferum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Osteospermum monstrosum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Otholobium bracteolatum | Cape Town pea |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant Pioneer species Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Otholobium hirtum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Otholobium virgatum |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Othonna arborescens | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Oxalis caprina | Goat's foot |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Oxalis compressa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Oxalis corniculata | Creeping Sorrel |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Oxalis eckloniana |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis eckloniana var. sonderi |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis glabra |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis hirta | Hairy sorrel |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Oxalis livida var. altior |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis luteola |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis minuta |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis monophylla |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis nidulans var. denticulata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis obtusa |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Oxalis pes-caprae | Bermuda-buttercup |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Oxalis purpurea |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Oxalis pusilla |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Oxalis tomentosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Oxalis versicolor |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Passerina corymbosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Passerina corymbosa, | Common gonna bush |
Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Pauridia aquatica | Watersterretjie | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Pauridia capensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Pauridia minuta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pelagornium fulgidum |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Pelargonium anethifolium | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Pelargonium auritum var. auritum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pelargonium betulinum | Camphor-scented pelargonium |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fast-growing Fragrant Good for coastal areas Good potplant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees Wind resistant |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Pelargonium capitatum | Rose-scented pelargonium |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Pelargonium citronellum | Lemon-scented pelargonium |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil |
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| Pelargonium crispum | lemon-scented pelargonium |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fragrant Good potplant |
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| Pelargonium cucullatum | Hooded-leaf pelargonium |
Attracts butterflies Easy to grow Fast-growing Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. tabulare |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Pelargonium elongatum | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Pelargonium fulgidum |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Pelargonium graveolens | Rose-scented pelargonium |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Pelargonium multicaule | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pelargonium myrrhifolium | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pelargonium myrrhifolium var. myrrhifolium | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Pelargonium mysteriata | Myserious pelargonium | ||
| Pelargonium ovale |
Good potplant |
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| Pelargonium tabulare | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pelargonium triste | Night-scented pelargonium |
Drought-resistant Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Pennisetum clandestinum | Kikuyu grass | ||
| Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Pentaschistis pallida | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Persicaria decipiens | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pharnaceum elongatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pharnaceum incanum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pharnaceum lineare | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Phragmites australis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Phylica ericoides | heath phylica, ericoid phylica |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Plantago crassifolia var. crassifolia | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Plantago lanceolata | Ribwort Plantain | ||
| Platycaulos c.f. compressus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Platylophus trifoliatus | white-alder |
Attracts butterflies Fragrant This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Plecostachys serpyllifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Plectranthus neochilus | Lobster bush |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Podalyria calyptrata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Podalyria montana | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Podalyria sericea | Silver sweet pea bush |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Podocarpus latifolius | Yellow wood | ||
| Polygala garcinii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Polygala myrtifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Portulacaria afra | Elephants Food |
It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value |
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| Portulacaria afra | Spekboom | ||
| Potamogeton pusillus | Narrow-leaved Pondweed | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Prionium serratum | palmiet |
Easy to grow Edible Fast-growing It can be used as a construction material Suitable for wet sites |
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| Protea acuminata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea aristata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea aurea |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea burchellii |
Suitable for clay soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Protea canaliculata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea compacta |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea coronata |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea cynaroides | King Protea |
Good potplant Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea denticulata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea effusa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea eximia |
Easy to grow Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds Will attract the Cape Sugarbird |
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| Protea foliosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea glabra |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea grandiceps |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea holosericea |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea inopina |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea lacticolor |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea lanceolata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea laurifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea lepidocarpodendron |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea longifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea lorifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea magnifica | Queen protea |
Drought-resistant Sensitive roots This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea mucronifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea mundii |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea nana |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea neriifolia | Oleander-leaf protea |
Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Easy to grow Fast-growing Sensitive roots Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea nitida |
Suitable for clay soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea obtusifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea odorata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea pendula |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea pityphylla |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea punctata |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea recondita |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea repens | Sugarbush |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Protea rupicola |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea scolymocephala | thistle protea, thistle sugarbush, small green protea, scoly |
Drought-resistant This will attract honey bees |
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| Protea speciosa |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea stokoei |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea subvestita |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea sulphurea |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea susannae |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Protea witzenbergiana |
This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Prunus africana | red stinkwood, African almond |
Fragrant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Pseudognaphalium undulatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Psoralea alata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Psoralea aphylla | Leafless Fountain-bush |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Psoralea ensifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Psoralea laxa |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Psoralea pinnata | Fountain bush |
Easy to grow Fragrant Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Psoralea restioides | Fine Fountainbush |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Pteridium aquilinum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus | Candlewood | ||
| Pterygodium catholicum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Pycreus polystachyos |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ranunculus multifidus | Common buttercup |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Rapanea melanophloeos | Cape Beech |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Restio paniculatus | Broom Anglereed |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Restio sabulosus | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Retzia capensis |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Robsonodendron maritima | Coastal Silky Bark | ||
| Roella ciliata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Roella prostrata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Romulea bulbifera | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea cf. grandiflora subsp. fimbriata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea flava | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea hirsuta | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea obscura | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea rosea | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea sparaxis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Romulea tabularis | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Rumex lativalvis Meisn. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Ruschia geminiflora |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Ruschia macowanii | Sea Tentfig |
Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Ruschia macowanii (L.Bolus) Schwantes | Beach tentfig |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Ruschia rubricaulis | Redstem tentfig |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Salix hirsuta | Cape Willow | ||
| Salix mucronata subsp. hirsuta | Silver Willow |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Saltera sarcocolla |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Salvia africana-caerulea | Blue sage |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Salvia africana-lutea | Brown Sage |
Attracts butterflies Drought-resistant Fragrant It provides medicinal value Pioneer species Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Salvia aurea L. | golden sage,beach sage, dune sage, sand sage |
Attracts butterflies Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
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| Salvia lanceolata | Rusty sage |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Salvia thermarum |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Sarcocornia capensis | Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Sarcocornia cf. capensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Satyrium bicorne | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Satyrium carneum |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Satyrium coriifolium |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Satyrium odorum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Schoenus nigricans | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Scirpoides thubergii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Searsia angustifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Searsia crenata | Dune crow-berry |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Easy to grow Suitable for sandy soil This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Searsia glauca |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Searsia laevigata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Searsia laevigata | Dune Currant-bush |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Searsia laevigata var. villosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Searsia lucida |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Searsia lucida | Waxy Currant Bush |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Searsia tomentosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Sebaea aurea | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Senecio abruptus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Senecio burchellii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Senecio elegans |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Senecio halimifolius |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Senecio littoreus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
| Senecio pterophorus | Perdegifbos | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Senecio pubigerus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Senecio purpureus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Senecio rigidus |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Senecio talinoides subs. aizoides | |||
| Seriphium plumosum | Kooigoed |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fast-growing It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value Pioneer species |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
| Serruria glomerata | Cluster Spiderhead |
Easy to grow Fragrant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Sideroxylon inerme | White Milkwood |
Can be used as a hedge Good for coastal areas It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Silene burchellii var. angustifolia | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Silene undulata | dream root |
Easy to grow Fragrant It provides medicinal value |
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| Solanum africanum |
Suitable for sandy soil |
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| Sparaxis bulbifera |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Sparaxis grandiflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Spiloxene alba | White Capestar |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Spiloxene aquatica | Water Capestar |
Fragrant Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Spiloxene canaliculata | Browneye Capestar |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Spiloxene capensis | Peacock Flower |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Spiloxene minuta | Pygmy Capestar |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Spiloxene ovata |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Spiloxene schlechteri |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Spiloxene serrata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Sporobolus africanus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Sporobolus capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Staberoha cernua | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Staberoha cf. cernua | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Staberoha cf. distachyos | Cape grass | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Stenotaphrum secundatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Stentotaphrum familiatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Stentotaphrum secundatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Stoebe capitata |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Stoebe fusca |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Strumaria tenella subsp. tenella | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Struthiola dodecandra | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Struthiola striata | Roemenaggie | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Taraxacum officinale | Dandelion | ||
| Tarchonanthus camphoratus | Camphor bush |
It provides medicinal value Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Tarchonanthus littoralis | Camphor Bush |
This will attract honey bees |
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| Tecoma capensis | Cape honeysuckle |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Tecomaria capensis | Kaapse kanferfoelie |
Attracts butterflies Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees Will attract sunbirds |
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| Tenaxia stricta | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Tetragonia fruticosa | Churl bush |
Can be used as a hedge Drought-resistant Easy to grow Pioneer species This will attract honey bees |
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| Tetragonia herbacea | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Tetraria cuspidata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Tetraria sp. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Thamnochortus punctatus Pillans | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Themeda triandra | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Themeda triandra Forssk. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Thesium funale | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Thesium spicatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Thesium strictum | Bokbos, Tieringbos | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Trachyandra brachypoda | Short Capespinach |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Trachyandra ciliata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Trachyandra divaricata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Trachyandra filiformis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Trachyandra hirsutiflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Trachyandra hispida | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Trachyandra muricata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Trachyandra revoluta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
| Trianoptiles capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Trianoptiles solitaria | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Tribolium uniolae | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Tribulus terrestris | Devil’s Thorn, Dubbeltjiedoring | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Tridactyle bicaudata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Triglochin bulbosa |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Triglochin striata | Streaked Arrow-grass |
Suitable for wet sites |
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| Tripteris clandestina Less. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Tritoniopsis antholyza | |||
| Tritoniopsis triticea | Mountain pipes |
Attracts butterflies Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Tulbaghia alliacea | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Tulbaghia capensis | Wild garlic |
It provides medicinal value |
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| Tulbaghia violacea | Society garlic |
It provides medicinal value |
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| Tylecodon paniculatus |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
| Typha capensis | Bulrush |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites This is a bird-friendly species |
Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Ursinia anthemoides |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Ursinia paleacea |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Urtica urens | Small nettle | ||
| Utricularia bisquamata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Utricularia bisquamata Schrank | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Vachellia karroo | Sweet thorn |
It provides medicinal value |
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| Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii | Paperbark acacia |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It can be used as a construction material It provides medicinal value This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
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| Vellereophyton dealbatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Veltheimia bracteata |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Veltheimia capensis | Sand lily |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Vepris lanceolata | White Ironwood |
It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
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| Vicia lutea | yellow vetch | ||
| Virgilia oroboides | Keurboom |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
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| Wachendorfia brachyandra | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Wachendorfia paniculata | Kofffiepit |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Wachendorfia thyrsiflora |
Suitable for wet sites This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
| Wahlenbergia capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Wahlenbergia fruticosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Wahlenbergia subulata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Watsonia aletroides |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia angusta |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia borbonica | Pink watsonia |
Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos |
| Watsonia fourcadei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia hysterantha |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia marginata | Broad-leaf watsonia |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
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| Watsonia meriana | Bugle lily |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Suitable for wet sites Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos |
| Watsonia meriana var. meriana |
Suitable for wet sites |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Watsonia pillansii |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia schlechteri |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia spectabilis |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
| Watsonia stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia tabularis |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Watsonia zeyheri |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
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| Widdringtonia nodiflora | Mountain Cypress | ||
| Wimmerella secunda |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
| Witsenia maura | Bokmakierie's tail |
Suitable for wet sites This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |
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| Wurmbea capensis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Wurmbea spicata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
| Zantedeschia aethiopica | White arum lily |
Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value Suitable for wet sites This is a bird-friendly species This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Agulhas china flower
Adenandra obtusata
Outeniqua yellowwood
Afrocarpus falcatus
Cape agapanthus
Agapanthus africanus
Garlic buchu
Agathosma apiculata
Slime lily
Albuca juncifolia
Kranz aloe
Aloe arborescens
Bitter aloe
Aloe ferox
Soap Aloe
Aloe maculata
Rubble Aloe
Aloe perfoliata
Fan aloe
Aloe plicatilis
Fynbos Aloe
Aloe succotrina
Climbing aloe
Aloiampelos ciliaris var. ciliaris
Peninsula Rambling aloe
Aloiampelos commixta
Tree Aloe
Aloidendron barbarae
Malgas lily
Ammocharis longifolia
Wild anemone
Anemone tenuifolia
rough-leaf African mallow, sand rose, pink mallow, hairy mallow
Anisodontea scabrosa
White Pear
Apodytes dimidiata
Cape pond weed
Aponogeton distachyos
Red/baby sun rose
Aptenia cordifolia
Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula
Silver arctotis
Arctotis stoechadifolia
Wormwood
Artemisia afra
Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis
Onion weed
Asphodelus fistulosus
Creeping foxglove
Asystasia gangetica micrantha
Winter wild oat
Avena sterilis
fragrant blue babiana
Babiana fragrans
red babiana
Babiana hirsuta (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning
small bush violet
Baleria repens
Bush violet
Barleria obtusa
Redlegs
Berzelia abrotanoides
coffee-scented berzelia, coffee bush, white-flowered brunia
Berzelia albiflora
Common button bush
Berzelia lanuginosa
Common Blackjack
Bidens pilosa
green wood orchid
Bonatea speciosa
Wild Almond
Brabejum stellatifolium
Cape Silver Oak
Brachylaena neriifolia
Small quaking grass
Briza minor
Rescue grass
Bromus catharticus
Ripgut Brome
Bromus diandrus
Silver Brunia
Brunia laevis
common brunia
Brunia noduliflora
Candelabra lily
Brunsvigia josephinae
Surfer's Cadelabra
Brunsvigia litoralis
Candelabra flower
Brunsvigia orientalis
False olive
Buddleja saligna
Sagewood
Buddleja salviifolia
Snake flower
Bulbine frutescens
Bottlebrush
Callistemon
Cape Date
Canthium inerme
Num-num
Carissa macrocarpa
carpanthea
Carpanthea pomeridiana
Elands sour fig
Carpobrotus acinaciformis
Sour fig
Carpobrotus edulis
Forest Spoonwood
Cassine peragua
White Stinkwood
Celtis africana
Small cobra lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica
Red-and-green cobra lily
Chasmanthe bicolor
Cobra lily
Chasmanthe floribunda
Yellow cobra lily
Chasmanthe floribunda 'Duckittii'
Bastard Ironwood
Chionanthus foveolatus
Christmas berry
Chironia baccifera
Bietou
Chrysanthemoides monilifera subsp monilifera
Root of David
Cissampelos capensis
Glossy cliffortia
Cliffortia ferruginea
Cone River Caperose
Cliffortia strobilifera
Bush lily
Clivia miniata
Cape may
Coleonema album
Narrow-leaved iceplant
Conicosia pugioniformis
Pig's ear
Cotyledon orbiculata
doily crassula
Crassula dejecta
Fairy crassula
Crassula multicava
Lizard's Tail
Crassula muscosa
Kerky bush
Crassula ovata
Rooiels
Cunonia capensis
Blue fingers
Curio crassulifolius
Assegai
Curtisia dentata
Umbrella sedge
Cyperus textilis
fire lily
Cyrtanthus ventricosus
Pompon tree
Dais cotinifolia
Trailing Iceplant
Delosperma cooperi
Wild pink
Dianthus albens
Large wild iris
Dietes grandiflora
Wood iris
Dietes iridioides
Cape marguerite
Dimorphotheca eckloni
White daisy bush
Dimorphotheca fruticosa
bitter buchu
Diosma oppositifolia
Wild Coffee
Diospyros whyteana
Bladder-nut
Diospyros whyteana
Golden Orchid
Disa cornuta
Lilac disa
Disa harveiana
Sand olive
Dodonaea angustifolia
Sand Olive
Dodonea viscosa
Buck Bay vygie
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
Cape Sundew
Drosera capensis
horsetail restio
Elegia capensis
Cape thatching reed
Elegia tectorum
Red Heath
Erica abietina
Fire Heath
Erica cerinthoides
Tassel Heath
Erica coccinea
Water Heath
Erica curviflora
Nine-pin Heath
Erica mammosa
Green Heath
Erica sessiliflora
Wild rosemary
Eriocephalus africanus
Common coral tree
Erythrina lysistemon
Bluegum
Eucalyptus saligna
hairy spurge
Euphorbia hirta
Milkweed
Euphorbia rigida
milk-ball, wild charlock
Euphorbia tuberosa
Golden euryops
Euryops pectinatus
Wild aster
Felicia aethiopica
fine-leaved felicia
Felicia filifolia
Spinnekopblom
Ferraria crispa
Fiscal tree
Fiscal tree
honey bell-bush
Freylinia lanceolata
Clumping Gazania
Gazania rigens var. rigens
Treasure flower
Gazania rigens var. uniflora
Round leaf Geranium
Geranium rotundifolium
Marsh Afrikaner
Gladiolus tristis
Painted Lady
Gladiolus undulatus
Water Lobelia
Grammatotheca bergiana
Cross-berry Raisin
Grewia occidentalis
River pumpkin
Gunnera perpensa
March flower
Haemanthus coccineus
Paintbrush
Haemanthus pubescens
Blood flower
Haemanthus sanguineus
Rock tree-fuchsia
Halleria elliptica
Wild plum
Harpephyllum caffrum
Spoonwood
Hartogiella schinoides
Honeyeverlasting
Helichrysum patulum
Everlasting
Helichrysum petiolare
Flax
Heliophila africana
Wild stock
Heliophilia juncea
bristly oxtongue
Helminthotheca echioides
Hibiscus
Hibiscus
Waternet
Hydrodictyon africanum
Smooth Cats-ear
Hypochaeris glabra
harry wild lettuce
Hypochaeris radicata
Cape Holly
Ilex mitis
Sword grass
Imperata cylindrica
Cape Quillwort
Isoetes capensis
Leshomokxoane
Isolepis cernua var. cernua
Matting Rush
Juncus kraussii subsp. kraussii
Wild peach
Kiggelaria africana
Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia tabularis
Red Hot Poker
Kniphofia uvaria
Opal flower
Lachenalia aloides
red lachenalia
Lachenalia bulbifera
Groenviooltjie
Lachenalia orchioides
Yellow soldier
Lachenalia reflexa
Sandkalossie
Lachenalia rubida
Ice Plant Bush
Lampranthus aurantiacus
Bicoloured lampranthus
Lampranthus bicolor
Yellow noon flower
Lampranthus glaucus
Creeping Brightfig
Lampranthus reptans
mat-lampranthus
Lampranthus tegens
Lavender
Lavandula
Lion's Tail
Leonotis leonurus
Minaret Flower
Leonotis ocymifolia
Cancer bush
Lessertia frutescens
Silver tree
Leucadendron argenteum
Flats Conebush
Leucadendron floridum
Common Sunshine Conebush
Leucadendron salignum
Grey tree pincushion
Leucospermum conocarpodendron
Albertinia pincushion
Leucospermum muirii
Japanese privet
Ligustrum japonicum
Darnel ryegrass
Lolium temulentum
Kraal honeythorn
Lycium afrum
Hottentot’s Cherry
Maurocenia frangularia
Sybas Silky Bark
Maytenus acuminata
Rock False Candlewood
Maytenus oleoides
Touch-me-not
Melianthus major
White Bristle Bush
Metalasia muricata
Bokhoring
Microloma sagittatum
Red pagoda
Mimetes cucullatus
Blue - eyed Moraea
Moraea aristata
Cape Tulip
Moraea collina
Sticky Sand Tulip
Moraea elsiae
One-leaf Cape Tulip
Moraea flaccida
Lunch Clockflower
Moraea fugacissima
Threadstalk Tulp
Moraea fugax subsp. filicaulis
Crisp Tulp
Moraea gawleri
Ostrich Threadstar
Moraea lewisiae
Ostrich Bulb
Moraea lewisiae subsp lewisiae
Crown Tulp
Moraea lugubris
Two-leaved Cape Tulip
Moraea miniata
Poison Bulb
Moraea miniata Andrews
Hairy Iris
Moraea papilionacea
Giant Iris
Moraea ramosissima
Paper Glasstulp
Moraea setifolia
Blue Tulp
Moraea tripetala
Trailing Tulp
Moraea viscaria
Oak-leafed waxberry
Morella quercifolia
Lance-leaf waxberry
Morella serrata
Cape Myrtle
Myrsine africana
Cape blue waterlily
Nymphaea capensis
Mickey-mouse bush
Ochna serrulata
Stinkwood
Ocotea bullata
Ironwood
Olea capensis subsp. macrocarpa
Wild Olive
Olea europaea subsp. africana
Hard Pear
Olinia ventosa
yellow chincherinchee
Ornithogalum dubium
Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Swamp daisy
Osmitopsis asteriscoides
Tickberry
Osteospermum moniliferum
Cape Town pea
Otholobium bracteolatum
Goat's foot
Oxalis caprina
Creeping Sorrel
Oxalis corniculata
Hairy sorrel
Oxalis hirta
Bermuda-buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
Common gonna bush
Passerina corymbosa,
Watersterretjie
Pauridia aquatica
Camphor-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium betulinum
Rose-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium capitatum
Lemon-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium citronellum
lemon-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium crispum
Hooded-leaf pelargonium
Pelargonium cucullatum
Rose-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium graveolens
Myserious pelargonium
Pelargonium mysteriata
Night-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium triste
Kikuyu grass
Pennisetum clandestinum
heath phylica, ericoid phylica
Phylica ericoides
Ribwort Plantain
Plantago lanceolata
white-alder
Platylophus trifoliatus
Lobster bush
Plectranthus neochilus
Silver sweet pea bush
Podalyria sericea
Yellow wood
Podocarpus latifolius
Elephants Food
Portulacaria afra
Spekboom
Portulacaria afra
Narrow-leaved Pondweed
Potamogeton pusillus
palmiet
Prionium serratum
King Protea
Protea cynaroides
Queen protea
Protea magnifica
Oleander-leaf protea
Protea neriifolia
Sugarbush
Protea repens
thistle protea, thistle sugarbush, small green protea, scoly
Protea scolymocephala
red stinkwood, African almond
Prunus africana
Leafless Fountain-bush
Psoralea aphylla
Fountain bush
Psoralea pinnata
Fine Fountainbush
Psoralea restioides
Candlewood
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
Common buttercup
Ranunculus multifidus
Cape Beech
Rapanea melanophloeos
Broom Anglereed
Restio paniculatus
Coastal Silky Bark
Robsonodendron maritima
Sea Tentfig
Ruschia macowanii
Beach tentfig
Ruschia macowanii (L.Bolus) Schwantes
Redstem tentfig
Ruschia rubricaulis
Cape Willow
Salix hirsuta
Silver Willow
Salix mucronata subsp. hirsuta
Blue sage
Salvia africana-caerulea
Brown Sage
Salvia africana-lutea
golden sage,beach sage, dune sage, sand sage
Salvia aurea L.
Rusty sage
Salvia lanceolata
Dune crow-berry
Searsia crenata
Dune Currant-bush
Searsia laevigata
Waxy Currant Bush
Searsia lucida
Perdegifbos
Senecio pterophorus
Kooigoed
Seriphium plumosum
Cluster Spiderhead
Serruria glomerata
White Milkwood
Sideroxylon inerme
dream root
Silene undulata
White Capestar
Spiloxene alba
Water Capestar
Spiloxene aquatica
Browneye Capestar
Spiloxene canaliculata
Peacock Flower
Spiloxene capensis
Pygmy Capestar
Spiloxene minuta
Cape grass
Staberoha cf. distachyos
Roemenaggie
Struthiola striata
Dandelion
Taraxacum officinale
Camphor bush
Tarchonanthus camphoratus
Camphor Bush
Tarchonanthus littoralis
Cape honeysuckle
Tecoma capensis
Kaapse kanferfoelie
Tecomaria capensis
Churl bush
Tetragonia fruticosa
Bokbos, Tieringbos
Thesium strictum
Short Capespinach
Trachyandra brachypoda
Devil’s Thorn, Dubbeltjiedoring
Tribulus terrestris
Streaked Arrow-grass
Triglochin striata
Mountain pipes
Tritoniopsis triticea
Wild garlic
Tulbaghia capensis
Society garlic
Tulbaghia violacea
Bulrush
Typha capensis
Small nettle
Urtica urens
Sweet thorn
Vachellia karroo
Paperbark acacia
Vachellia sieberiana var. woodii
Sand lily
Veltheimia capensis
White Ironwood
Vepris lanceolata
yellow vetch
Vicia lutea
Keurboom
Virgilia oroboides
Kofffiepit
Wachendorfia paniculata
Pink watsonia
Watsonia borbonica
Broad-leaf watsonia
Watsonia marginata
Bugle lily
Watsonia meriana
Mountain Cypress
Widdringtonia nodiflora
Bokmakierie's tail
Witsenia maura
White arum lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica