Species list
76
species found
Scientific name | Common name | Features | Vegetation type(s) |
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Aristea bakeri | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
Aristea cuspidata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
Aristea glauca | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
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 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 | |
Bobartia indica | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
Bobartia sp. | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
Dietes iridioides | Wood iris |
Drought-resistant Easy to grow It provides medicinal value This will attract honey bees Wind resistant |
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld |
Ferraria crispa | Spinnekopblom | Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
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 | ||
Gladiolus bonaspei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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Gladiolus cunonius |
Will attract sunbirds |
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld | |
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 undulatus | Painted Lady | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | |
Hesperantha falcata | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
Hesperantha radiata | 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 | |
Klattia flava |
Will attract sunbirds |
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Klattia stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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Micranthus alopecuroides | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | ||
Micranthus junceus | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale 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 |
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 | ||
Sparaxis bulbifera |
Suitable for wet sites |
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos | |
Sparaxis grandiflora | Cape Flats Sand Fynbos | ||
Watsonia aletroides |
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 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 stokoei |
Will attract sunbirds |
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Witsenia maura | Bokmakierie's tail |
Suitable for wet sites This is a bird-friendly species Will attract sunbirds |

fragrant blue babiana
Babiana fragrans

Wood iris
Dietes iridioides

Spinnekopblom
Ferraria crispa

Painted Lady
Gladiolus undulatus

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

Pink watsonia
Watsonia borbonica

Bokmakierie's tail
Witsenia maura