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Scientific name Common name Features Vegetation type(s)
Agapanthus africanus Cape agapanthus Attracts butterflies
It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
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
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
Aloe maculata Soap Aloe Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Aloe perfoliata Rubble Aloe Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Aloe plicatilis Fan aloe Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Aloe succotrina Fynbos Aloe It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Aloiampelos ciliaris var. ciliaris Climbing aloe Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
Aloiampelos commixta Peninsula Rambling aloe It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
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
Aptenia cordifolia Red/baby sun rose It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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
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
Berzelia lanuginosa Common button bush Suitable for sandy soil
Suitable for wet sites
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Brunia noduliflora common brunia Attracts butterflies
Fragrant
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Bulbinella triquetra Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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
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
Chironia baccifera Christmas berry It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
Peninsula Shale Renosterveld
Conicosia pugioniformis Narrow-leaved iceplant Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
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 ovata Kerky bush It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Crassula tetragona Suitable for sandy soil
Curio crassulifolius Blue fingers Suitable for sandy soil
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
Dimorphotheca eckloni Cape marguerite Suitable for sandy soil
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis Buck Bay vygie Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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 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
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
Felicia aethiopica Wild aster Easy to grow
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Felicia heterophylla Attracts butterflies
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
Gazania rigens var. rigens Clumping Gazania Easy to grow
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Gazania rigens var. uniflora Treasure flower Easy to grow
Pioneer species
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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
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
Heliophila africana Flax Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract monkey beetles
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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
Lachenalia rubida Sandkalossie Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Lampranthus amoenus Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Lampranthus bicolor Bicoloured lampranthus Good potplant
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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
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 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
Lycium ferocissimum Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Cape Flats Dune Strandveld
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
Mimetes fimbrifolius Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
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
Moraea cf. fugax Fragrant
Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract monkey beetles
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos
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 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 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 papilionacea Hairy Iris Fragrant
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
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
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
Otholobium bracteolatum Cape Town pea Attracts butterflies
Good potplant
Pioneer species
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
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
Pelargonium fulgidum Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Pelargonium graveolens Rose-scented pelargonium It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Protea cynaroides King Protea Good potplant
Sensitive roots
Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Protea eximia Easy to grow
Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Will attract the Cape Sugarbird
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 stokoei Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Will attract sunbirds
Ruschia macowanii Sea Tentfig Suitable for sandy soil
This will attract honey bees
Cape Flats Sand Fynbos Elgin Shale Fynbos
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
Salvia lanceolata Rusty sage It provides medicinal value
Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
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
Solanum africanum Suitable for sandy soil
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
Veltheimia capensis Sand lily Suitable for clay soil
Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
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 tabularis Suitable for sandy soil
Will attract sunbirds
Cape agapanthus

Agapanthus africanus

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

Red/baby sun rose

Aptenia cordifolia

fragrant blue babiana

Babiana fragrans

red babiana

Babiana hirsuta (Lam.) Goldblatt & J.C.Manning

Common button bush

Berzelia lanuginosa

common brunia

Brunia noduliflora

Bulbinella triquetra

Small cobra lily

Chasmanthe aethiopica

Red-and-green cobra lily

Chasmanthe bicolor

Cobra lily

Chasmanthe floribunda

Yellow cobra lily

Chasmanthe floribunda 'Duckittii'

Christmas berry

Chironia baccifera

Narrow-leaved iceplant

Conicosia pugioniformis

Pig's ear

Cotyledon orbiculata

Kerky bush

Crassula ovata

Crassula tetragona

Blue fingers

Curio crassulifolius

Umbrella sedge

Cyperus textilis

Cape marguerite

Dimorphotheca eckloni

Buck Bay vygie

Dorotheanthus bellidiformis

Nine-pin Heath

Erica mammosa

Erica margaritaceae

Erica verticillata

milk-ball, wild charlock

Euphorbia tuberosa

Wild aster

Felicia aethiopica

Felicia heterophylla

Clumping Gazania

Gazania rigens var. rigens

Treasure flower

Gazania rigens var. uniflora

March flower

Haemanthus coccineus

Halleria lucida

Flax

Heliophila africana

Imperata arundinacea

Sword grass

Imperata cylindrica

Sandkalossie

Lachenalia rubida

Lampranthus amoenus

Bicoloured lampranthus

Lampranthus bicolor

Lion's Tail

Leonotis leonurus

Minaret Flower

Leonotis ocymifolia

Common Sunshine Conebush

Leucadendron salignum

Grey tree pincushion

Leucospermum conocarpodendron

Lycium ferocissimum

White Bristle Bush

Metalasia muricata

Mimetes fimbrifolius

Moraea angusta

Blue - eyed Moraea

Moraea aristata

Moraea bellendenii

Moraea cf. fugax

Cape Tulip

Moraea collina

Sticky Sand Tulip

Moraea elsiae

Threadstalk Tulp

Moraea fugax subsp. filicaulis

Crisp Tulp

Moraea gawleri

Two-leaved Cape Tulip

Moraea miniata

Hairy Iris

Moraea papilionacea

Paper Glasstulp

Moraea setifolia

Blue Tulp

Moraea tripetala

Trailing Tulp

Moraea viscaria

Cape Myrtle

Myrsine africana

Cape Town pea

Otholobium bracteolatum

Rose-scented pelargonium

Pelargonium capitatum

Lemon-scented pelargonium

Pelargonium citronellum

Pelargonium fulgidum

Rose-scented pelargonium

Pelargonium graveolens

King Protea

Protea cynaroides

Protea eximia

Sugarbush

Protea repens

Protea stokoei

Sea Tentfig

Ruschia macowanii

Brown Sage

Salvia africana-lutea

Rusty sage

Salvia lanceolata

Dune crow-berry

Searsia crenata

Solanum africanum

White Capestar

Spiloxene alba

Water Capestar

Spiloxene aquatica

Sand lily

Veltheimia capensis

Bugle lily

Watsonia meriana

Watsonia tabularis