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THE CAVERN PLANT LIST
as seen on the Elsa Pooley Wild Flower Weekends: November 2003
Page numbers
MF =Mountain Flowers
WF = Wild Flowers of KZN & the Eastern Region
Trees Natal = Trees of Natal, Zululand & Transkei
References:
Burrows, J.E. & S.M. (1990) SA Ferns and Fern Allies Frandsen
Killick, D. (1990) A Field Guide to the Flora of the Natal Drakensberg. Jonathan Ball & AD Donker
Van Wyk, A E & S Malan (1997) FG to Wild Flowers of the Highveld. Struik
| |
MF |
WF |
| Acalpyha punctata |
38 |
62 |
| schinzii |
38 |
64 |
| Adhatoda andromeda |
96 |
202 |
| Afrotysonia glochidiata |
86 |
180 |
| Ajuga ophrydis |
236 |
470 |
| Alepidea natalensis |
80 |
160 |
| amatymbica |
80 |
160 |
| Anemone fanninii |
72 |
138 |
| Argyrolobium marginatum |
132 |
|
| Asclepias cucullata |
216 |
416 |
| Asparagus asparagoides |
250 |
514 |
| cooperi |
56 |
|
| microraphis |
56 |
102 |
| virgatus |
|
104 |
| Aster bakerianus |
100,222 |
440 |
| pleiocephalus |
100 |
210 |
| Athrixia pinifolia |
110 |
|
| Barleria monticola |
240 |
490 |
| Becium obovatum |
88 |
188, 426 |
| Begonia sutherlandii |
40 |
68 |
| Berkheya rhapontica |
178 |
336 |
| setifera |
178 |
336 |
| speciosa |
178 |
336 |
| Buchnera simplex |
220 |
432 |
| Callilepis laureola |
112 |
216 |
| Clutia hirsuta |
|
278 |
| Commelina africana |
116 |
222 |
| Convolvulus farinosus |
|
176 |
| Crassula setulosa |
76 |
148 |
| Crinum bulbispermum |
184 |
348 |
| Cycnium racemosum |
220 |
432 |
| Diclis reptans |
90 |
190 |
| rotundifolia |
90,220 |
|
| Dietes iridoides |
60 |
400 |
| Erica drakensbergensis |
82 |
162 |
| evansii |
82 |
|
| Eriosema distinctum |
38 |
60 |
| kraussianum |
134 |
274 |
| salignum |
|
62, 274 |
| Eucomis autumnalis |
250 |
512 |
| Euphorbia epicyparissias |
256 |
532 |
| Felicia filifolia |
246 |
442 |
| Geranium wakkerstroomianum |
78 |
152 |
| Gerbera ambigua |
114 |
220 |
| piloselloides |
114 |
220 |
| Gnidia capitata |
138 |
292 |
| caffra |
138 |
292 |
| kraussiana |
138 |
292 |
| Graderia scabra |
220 |
430 |
| Gunnera perpensa |
266 |
578 |
| Helichrysum acutatum |
150 |
310 |
| aureonitens |
148 |
310 |
| aureum |
156 |
312 |
| chionosphaerum |
106 |
212 |
| oreophilum |
150 |
316 |
| pallidum |
154 |
314 |
| pilosellum |
154 |
314 |
| sutherlandii |
104 |
214 |
| Heteromma decurrens |
146 |
|
| Hoffmanseggia sandersonii |
204 |
388 |
| Hypericum aethiopicum |
136 |
290 |
| Hypoxis acuminata |
120 |
232 |
| angustifolia |
|
232 |
| argentea |
120 |
234 |
| filiformis |
120 |
|
| galpinii |
120 |
|
| Kohautia amatymbica |
202 |
|
| Ledebouria cooperi |
180 |
344 |
| ovatifolia |
180 |
512 |
| Lobelia flaccida |
242 |
496 |
| Monopsis decipiens |
244 |
496 |
| Moraea huttonii |
122 |
234 |
| Nemesia denticulata |
|
428,480 |
| *Oenothera rosea |
212 |
410 |
| * indecora |
166 |
WFW |
| Oxalis smithiana |
208 |
402 |
| Pelargonium alchemilloides |
206 |
154 |
| luridum |
208 |
400 |
| schlechteri |
38(208) |
62 |
| Pentanisia prunelloides |
240 |
492 |
| Peperomia retusa |
254 |
524 |
| Peucedanum caffrum |
|
296 |
| Phygelius aequalis |
42 |
72 |
| Polygala gracilenta |
210 |
|
| myrtifolia (garden) |
210 |
|
| ohlendorfiana |
210 |
|
| virgata |
210 |
406 |
| Printzia pyrifolia |
226 |
216 |
| Protea dracomontana |
276 |
374 |
| Polystachya ottoniana |
70 |
124 |
| Ranunculus multifidus |
128 |
252 |
| Rhus discolor |
280 |
534 |
| Riocreuxia torulosa |
86 |
176 |
| Scilla natalensis |
228 |
452 |
| Scilla nervosa |
54 |
96 |
| Secamone alpinii |
|
172 |
| Selago monticola |
96 |
|
| Senecio deltoideus |
164 |
322 |
| erubescens |
196 |
WFW |
| glaberrimus |
164 |
322 |
| haygarthii |
166 |
322 |
| Senecio isatideus |
166 |
324 |
| oxyriifolius |
168 |
328 |
| tamoides |
170 |
328 |
| Sium repandum |
|
296 |
| Stachys aethiopica |
86 |
182 |
| kuntzei |
88 |
182 |
| Stephania abyssinica |
|
252 |
| Stoebe vulgaris |
110 |
216 |
| Syncolostemon macranthus |
218 |
426 |
| Thesium costatum |
72 |
|
| Urginea calcarata |
52 |
|
| Valeriana capensis |
98 |
204 |
| Vernonia flanaganii |
244 |
|
| hirsuta |
244 |
498 |
| natalensis |
244 |
496 |
| Wahlenbergia virgata |
not in |
any book |
| Watsonia lepida |
190 |
360 |
| Xysmalobium parviflorum |
258,266 |
544 |
| Zantedeschia aethiopica |
46 |
84 |
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|
|
| TREES |
MF |
Trees Natal |
| Acacia sieberiana |
|
138 |
| Bowkeria verticillata |
290 |
450 |
| Buddleja salviifolia |
290 |
426 |
| Burchellia bubalina |
290 |
458 |
| Calodendrum capense |
|
186 |
| Calpurnia sericea |
278 |
158 |
| Canthium ciliatum |
290 |
474 |
| Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis |
|
428 |
| [= C. bispinosa subsp. acuminata] |
|
|
| Celtis africana |
|
64 |
| Chrysanthemoides monilifera |
174 |
492 |
| Clausena anisata |
278 |
192 |
| Cliffortia nitidula |
278 |
116 |
| Combretum erythrophyllum |
|
356 |
| Cussonia paniculata |
288 |
378 |
| spicata |
288 |
378 |
| Cyathea dregei |
294 |
40 |
| Diospyros austro-africana |
288 |
402 |
| whyteana |
290 |
406 |
| Ekebergia capensis |
|
202 |
| Euclea crispa |
288 |
398 |
| Ficus ingens |
274 |
74 |
| Grewia occidentalis |
|
310 |
| Greyia sutherlandii |
284 |
296 |
| Halleria lucida |
290 |
448 |
| Harpephyllum caffrum (garden) |
|
242 |
| Heteromorpha arborescens |
288 |
382 |
| Ilex mitis |
280 |
262 |
| Kiggelaria africana |
284 |
328 |
| Leucosidea sericea |
278 |
116 |
| Morella pilulifera (Myrica pilulifera) |
274 |
64 |
| Morella serrata (Myrica serrata) |
274 |
62 |
| Myrsine africana |
288 |
386 |
| Olinia emarginata |
286 |
340 |
| Osyris quadripartita [= O. lanceolata] |
276 |
90 |
| Pittosporum viridiflorum |
278 |
112 |
| Podocarpus falcatus |
|
46 |
| henkelii |
272 |
48 |
| latifolius |
272 |
48 |
| Polygala myrtifolia (garden) |
210 |
206 |
| |
MF |
Trees Natal |
| Protea caffra |
274 |
86 |
| roupelliae |
274 |
88 |
| Rapanaea melanophloeos |
288 |
386 |
| Rhamnus prinoides |
284 |
300 |
| Rhoicissus tridentata |
284 |
306 |
| Rhus dentata |
280 |
250 |
| pyroides |
280 |
258 |
| tomentosa |
280 |
260 |
| Scolopia mundii |
286 |
330 |
| Trimeria grandifolia |
286 |
334 |
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|
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| FERNS |
MF |
|
| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum |
296 |
|
| Asplenium aethiopicum |
296 |
|
| Asplenium monanthes |
296 |
|
| Asplenium rutifolium |
|
|
| Cheilanthes quadripinnata |
294 |
|
| Cyathea dregei |
294 |
|
| Dryopteris inaequalis |
298 |
|
| Gleichenia umbraculifera |
294 |
|
| Grammitis rigescens |
296 |
|
| Pleopeltis macrocarpa |
296 |
|
| Polypodium polypodioides |
296 |
|
| Pteris cretica |
294 |
|
| Pteridium aquilinum |
294 |
|
Pteris catoptera var. catoptera
(Sungabala forest) |
|
|
| Selaginella caffrorum |
292 |
|
| cf imbricata |
292 |
|
| Thelypteris confluens |
|
|
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| GRASSES – a few of those we collected |
| Alloteropsis semialata |
|
|
| Arundinella nepalensis |
|
|
| Cymbopogon validus |
|
|
| Digitaria tricholaenoides |
|
|
| Elionurus muticus |
|
|
| Eragrostis capensis |
|
|
| Harpochloa falx |
|
|
| Imperata cylindrica |
|
|
| Melinus repens |
|
|
| nerviglumis |
|
|
Oplismenus undulatifolius
(in the forest) |
|
|
| Themeda triandra |
|
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|
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| SEDGES |
MF |
|
| Carex zuluensis |
262 |
|
| Carex austro-africana |
248 |
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