Species list

121 species found
Scientific name Common name Features Vegetation type(s)
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

Agrostis lachnantha var. lachnantha

Albuca canadensis

Amaryllis belladonna

Arctopus echinatus

Capeweed

Arctotheca calendula

Asparagus asparagoides

Wild Asparagus

Asparagus capensis

Asparagus declinatus

Asparagus undulatus

Athanasia crithmifolia

Athanasia trifurcata

fragrant blue babiana

Babiana fragrans

Baeometra uniflora

Bolboschoenus maritimus

Bulbine alooides

Small cobra lily

Chasmanthe aethiopica

Cobra lily

Chasmanthe floribunda

Christmas berry

Chironia baccifera

Chrysocoma coma-aurea

Colchicum eucomoides

Cotula coronopifolia

Cotula turbinata

Crossyne cf. guttata

Cyanella hyacinthoides

Cymbopogon marginatus

Cyphia bulbosa

Wood iris

Dietes iridioides

Dimorphotheca pluvialis

Ehrharta calycina

Elytropappus rhinocerotis

Empodium plicatum

Erepsia anceps

Wild rosemary

Eriocephalus africanus

Eriocephalus africanus var. africanus

Euclea racemosa

fine-leaved felicia

Felicia filifolia

Galenia pubescens var. pubescens

Geissorhiza aspera Goldblatt

Geissorhiza Ixia

Geissorhiza juncea

Geissorhiza maculata

Gnidia laxa

Gomphocarpus fruticosus

Gymnosporia buxifolia

Helichrysum cymosum subsp. cymosum

Honeyeverlasting

Helichrysum patulum

Heliophila coronopifolia

Hemimeris racemosa

Hermannia hyssopifolia

Hermannia multiflora

Hyparrhenia hirta

Indigofera incana

Indigofera psoraloides

Wild peach

Kiggelaria africana

Lachenalia fistulosa

Lachenalia mediana var. mediana

Lampranthus emarginatus

Silver tree

Leucadendron argenteum

Lobelia erinus

Blue - eyed Moraea

Moraea aristata

Moraea cf. virgata subsp. virgata

One-leaf Cape Tulip

Moraea flaccida

Crisp Tulp

Moraea gawleri

Two-leaved Cape Tulip

Moraea miniata

Paper Glasstulp

Moraea setifolia

Muraltia demissa

Cape Myrtle

Myrsine africana

Olea europaea subspescies africana

Chincherinchee

Ornithogalum thyrsoides

Osteospermum moniliferum

Osteospermum monstrosum

Otholobium hirtum

Otholobium virgatum

Othonna arborescens

Goat's foot

Oxalis caprina

Oxalis compressa

Hairy sorrel

Oxalis hirta

Oxalis obtusa

Bermuda-buttercup

Oxalis pes-caprae

Oxalis purpurea

Oxalis tomentosa

Oxalis versicolor

Passerina corymbosa

Pauridia capensis

Pelargonium cucullatum subsp. tabulare

Pelargonium elongatum

Pelargonium myrrhifolium var. myrrhifolium

Night-scented pelargonium

Pelargonium triste

Pentameris airoides subsp. airoides

Silver sweet pea bush

Podalyria sericea

Polygala myrtifolia

Romulea bulbifera

Romulea cf. grandiflora subsp. fimbriata

Romulea flava

Romulea hirsuta

Romulea obscura

Romulea rosea

Romulea sparaxis

Redstem tentfig

Ruschia rubricaulis

Blue sage

Salvia africana-caerulea

Sarcocornia cf. capensis

Dune crow-berry

Searsia crenata

Searsia glauca

Searsia laevigata var. villosa

Searsia lucida

Searsia tomentosa

Senecio burchellii

Kooigoed

Seriphium plumosum

Silene burchellii var. angustifolia

Tenaxia stricta

Tetragonia herbacea

Themeda triandra

Thesium funale

Trachyandra ciliata

Trachyandra muricata

Trachyandra revoluta

Ursinia anthemoides

Ursinia anthemoides subsp. anthemoides

Watsonia meriana var. meriana

Watsonia spectabilis

White arum lily

Zantedeschia aethiopica