Species list
121
species found
Scientific name | Common name | Features | Vegetation type(s) |
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Agrostis lachnantha var. lachnantha | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Albuca canadensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Amaryllis belladonna | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 |
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 undulatus |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Athanasia crithmifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Athanasia trifurcata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 |
Baeometra uniflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Bolboschoenus maritimus | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Bulbine alooides |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 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 |
Chironia baccifera | Christmas berry |
It provides medicinal value Suitable for sandy soil |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Chrysocoma coma-aurea |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Colchicum eucomoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Cotula coronopifolia | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Cotula turbinata |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Crossyne cf. guttata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Cyanella hyacinthoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Cymbopogon marginatus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Cyphia bulbosa | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Dietes iridioides | Wood iris |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Wind resistant |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Dimorphotheca pluvialis |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Ehrharta calycina | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Elytropappus rhinocerotis | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Empodium plicatum | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Erepsia anceps |
Good potplant |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 | |
Euclea racemosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Felicia filifolia | fine-leaved felicia |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld Swartland Shale Renosterveld |
Galenia pubescens var. pubescens | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Geissorhiza Ixia | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Geissorhiza juncea | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Geissorhiza maculata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Gnidia laxa | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Gomphocarpus fruticosus | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Gymnosporia buxifolia | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 |
Heliophila coronopifolia |
This will attract honey bees Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Hemimeris racemosa | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Hermannia hyssopifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Hermannia multiflora |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Hyparrhenia hirta | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Indigofera incana | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Indigofera psoraloides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 |
Lachenalia fistulosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Lachenalia mediana var. mediana |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Lampranthus emarginatus |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 |
Lobelia erinus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Moraea aristata | Blue - eyed Moraea |
Good potplant Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Moraea cf. virgata subsp. virgata |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Moraea flaccida | One-leaf Cape Tulip |
Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Moraea gawleri | Crisp Tulp |
Suitable for clay soil Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
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 setifolia | Paper Glasstulp |
Suitable for sandy soil Will attract monkey beetles |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Muraltia demissa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 |
Olea europaea subspescies africana |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 |
Osteospermum moniliferum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Osteospermum monstrosum |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 hirta | Hairy sorrel |
This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
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 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 | |
Pauridia capensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. tabulare |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Pelargonium elongatum | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Pelargonium myrrhifolium var. myrrhifolium | Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Pelargonium triste | Night-scented pelargonium |
Drought-resistant Fragrant Good potplant It provides medicinal value |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Podalyria sericea | Silver sweet pea bush |
Easy to grow This will attract honey bees |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Polygala myrtifolia |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 | ||
Ruschia rubricaulis | Redstem tentfig |
Good potplant This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Salvia africana-caerulea | Blue sage |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow Edible Fragrant It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Sarcocornia cf. capensis | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 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 tomentosa |
This will attract honey bees |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Senecio burchellii | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 |
Silene burchellii var. angustifolia | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Tenaxia stricta | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Tetragonia herbacea | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Themeda triandra | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Thesium funale | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Trachyandra ciliata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Trachyandra muricata | Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
Trachyandra revoluta | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | ||
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 | |
Watsonia meriana var. meriana |
Suitable for wet sites |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
Watsonia spectabilis |
Suitable for clay soil Will attract sunbirds |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld | |
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 |
Capeweed
Arctotheca calendula
Wild Asparagus
Asparagus capensis
fragrant blue babiana
Babiana fragrans
Small cobra lily
Chasmanthe aethiopica
Cobra lily
Chasmanthe floribunda
Christmas berry
Chironia baccifera
Wood iris
Dietes iridioides
Wild rosemary
Eriocephalus africanus
fine-leaved felicia
Felicia filifolia
Honeyeverlasting
Helichrysum patulum
Wild peach
Kiggelaria africana
Silver tree
Leucadendron argenteum
Blue - eyed Moraea
Moraea aristata
One-leaf Cape Tulip
Moraea flaccida
Crisp Tulp
Moraea gawleri
Two-leaved Cape Tulip
Moraea miniata
Paper Glasstulp
Moraea setifolia
Cape Myrtle
Myrsine africana
Chincherinchee
Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Goat's foot
Oxalis caprina
Hairy sorrel
Oxalis hirta
Bermuda-buttercup
Oxalis pes-caprae
Night-scented pelargonium
Pelargonium triste
Silver sweet pea bush
Podalyria sericea
Redstem tentfig
Ruschia rubricaulis
Blue sage
Salvia africana-caerulea
Dune crow-berry
Searsia crenata
Kooigoed
Seriphium plumosum
White arum lily
Zantedeschia aethiopica