Phylica plumigera

 Phylica plumigera 

Time of flowering: August to September
Small shrub, about half a metre high. Only found on the upper mountain slopes int eh Cederberg to Ceres. These were plentiful on the top of Geelberg.
See iNaturalist entry here.

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.

Oxalis purpurea (white)

Oxalis purpurea (white)

Flowering time: June to July

Oxalis purpurea

 

Oxalis purpurea

Grand Duchess Sorrel

 

Flowering time: May to September.

Lots flowering near the pool.

 

"Acaulescent geophyte, bulb large, gummy. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets transversely obovate, ciliate, hairy and purple beneath, black-streaked when dry. Flowers purple, yellow or white with yellow tube. May--Sept. Flats and slopes, 50--500 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.

Oxalis obtusa

Oxalis obtusa

Geeloogsuring

Flowering time: June to October.

 

A caulescent geophyte with deeply pitted bulb. Leaves trifoliolate, leaflets cuneate-obcordate, hairy. Flowers pink, brick-red, yellow or white, with darker veins and yellow tube, peduncle articulated. June--Oct. Mostly clay and granite, 50--600 m, NW, SW, KM, LB, SE (Namaqualand and W Karoo to Port Elizabeth)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9
"Jointed peduncles covered with down-facing hairs" Manning: Field guide to fynbos.

Crassula muscosa

 

Crassula muscosa

Akkedisstert

 

Flowering time: October to February.

Growing in the rocks behind Cottage 16.

 

"muscosa L. veterbos, lizard's tail. Sprawling, closely leafy perennial with woody stems, 10--50 cm. Leaves opposite, imbricate, ovate-triangular, fleshy. Flowers in sessile axillary cymes, star-shaped, yellowish green, petals 1--2 mm long, sepals to two-thirds as long. Mainly Oct.--Feb. Rocky flats and slopes, NW, SW, AP, KM, LB, SE (S Namibia to E Cape and Free State)." GOLDBLATT, P. and MANNING, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia 9.

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