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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
     
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
     
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    
     
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    
     
SEDGES MF  
Carex zuluensis 262  
Carex austro-africana 248  

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