Eriocephalus punctulatus

Eriocephalus punctulatus
Boegoekapokbos, Wild Rosemary

Time of flowering: August to October.

Bushes a bit straggly and about half a metre tall. Leaves have glands making them shiny. Leaves are arranged opposite yet alternative on the flowering shoots.
"boegoekapokbossie Like E. brevifolius but flower heads on longer, filiform peduncles. Aug.--Oct. Sandstone slopes, NW, SW (Namaqualand to Moorreesburg and W Karoo)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.

Felicia namaquana

Felicia namaquana
Bloublommetjie-opslag
Flowering time: May to October

"namaquana (Harv.) Merxm. Glandular-hairy, often robust annual to 30 cm. Leaves narrowly oblanceolate. Flower heads radiate, solitary on elongate peduncles, yellow with blue rays. [a white-flowering form is known] May--Oct. Sandy flats, NW (Namibia to Worcester and W Karoo)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.

Euryops othonnoides

 

Euryops othonnoides

 

Flowering time: August to December.

Grows amongst boulders and in rocky crevices, mainly on Table Mountain Sandstone.

Occurs on the slopes of the mountain on Riversong; and generally from the Cederberg to the Hex River Mountains.

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Helichrysum foetidum

Helichrysum foetidum
Brandblaar, geelsewejaartjie
Big, bad-smelling, everlasting daisy that get up to 1 m high.
Growing in the boggy area on the path to the river near the swimming beach.
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, clasping, roughly hairy above, grey-woolly beneath.
Flower heads disc-shaped, yellow to cream-coloured, 15-25 mm diam.
Flowering time: Oct-May.
Found on damp rocky slopes from Cederberg to E Cape.

Leysera gnaphalodes

Leysera gnaphalodes

teebos, hongertee, duinetee, geelblommetjietee, skilpadtee, teringtee

A small shrub of up to 50 cm with wiry, silvery leaves.

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Flowers from September to January.

Common on sandy flats and slopes.