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

 MFWF
Acalpyha punctata3862
schinzii3864
Adhatoda andromeda96202
Afrotysonia glochidiata86180
Ajuga ophrydis236470
Alepidea natalensis80160
amatymbica80160
Anemone fanninii72138
Argyrolobium marginatum132 
Asclepias cucullata216416
Asparagus asparagoides250514
cooperi56 
microraphis56102
virgatus 104
Aster bakerianus100,222440
pleiocephalus100210
Athrixia pinifolia110 
Barleria monticola240490
Becium obovatum88188, 426
Begonia sutherlandii4068
Berkheya rhapontica178336
setifera178336
speciosa178336
Buchnera simplex220432
Callilepis laureola112216
Clutia hirsuta 278
Commelina africana116222
Convolvulus farinosus 176
Crassula setulosa76148
Crinum bulbispermum184348
Cycnium racemosum220432
Diclis reptans90190
rotundifolia90,220 
Dietes iridoides60400
Erica drakensbergensis82162
evansii82 
Eriosema distinctum3860
kraussianum134274
salignum 62, 274
Eucomis autumnalis250512
Euphorbia epicyparissias256532
Felicia filifolia246442
Geranium wakkerstroomianum78152
Gerbera ambigua114220
piloselloides114220
Gnidia capitata138292
caffra138292
kraussiana138292
Graderia scabra220430
Gunnera perpensa266578
Helichrysum acutatum150310
aureonitens148310
aureum156312
chionosphaerum106212
oreophilum150316
pallidum154314
pilosellum154314
sutherlandii104214
Heteromma decurrens146 
Hoffmanseggia sandersonii204388
Hypericum aethiopicum136290
Hypoxis acuminata120232
angustifolia 232
argentea120234
filiformis120 
galpinii120 
Kohautia amatymbica202 
Ledebouria cooperi180344
ovatifolia180512
Lobelia flaccida242496
Monopsis decipiens244496
Moraea huttonii122234
Nemesia denticulata 428,480
*Oenothera rosea212410
* indecora166WFW
Oxalis smithiana208402
Pelargonium alchemilloides206154
luridum208400
schlechteri38(208)62
Pentanisia prunelloides240492
Peperomia retusa254524
Peucedanum caffrum 296
Phygelius aequalis4272
Polygala gracilenta210 
myrtifolia (garden)210 
ohlendorfiana210 
virgata210406
Printzia pyrifolia226216
Protea dracomontana276374
Polystachya ottoniana70124
Ranunculus multifidus128252
Rhus discolor280534
Riocreuxia torulosa86176
Scilla natalensis228452
Scilla nervosa5496
Secamone alpinii 172
Selago monticola96 
Senecio deltoideus164322
erubescens196WFW
glaberrimus164322
haygarthii166322
Senecio isatideus166324
oxyriifolius168328
tamoides170328
Sium repandum 296
Stachys aethiopica86182
kuntzei88182
Stephania abyssinica 252
Stoebe vulgaris110216
Syncolostemon macranthus218426
Thesium costatum72 
Urginea calcarata52 
Valeriana capensis98204
Vernonia flanaganii244 
hirsuta244498
natalensis244496
Wahlenbergia virgatanot inany book
Watsonia lepida190360
Xysmalobium parviflorum258,266544
Zantedeschia aethiopica4684
   
TREESMFTrees Natal
Acacia sieberiana 138
Bowkeria verticillata290450
Buddleja salviifolia290426
Burchellia bubalina290458
Calodendrum capense 186
Calpurnia sericea278158
Canthium ciliatum290474
Carissa bispinosa subsp. zambesiensis 428
[= C. bispinosa subsp. acuminata]  
Celtis africana 64
Chrysanthemoides monilifera174492
Clausena anisata278192
Cliffortia nitidula278116
Combretum erythrophyllum 356
Cussonia paniculata288378
spicata288378
Cyathea dregei29440
Diospyros austro-africana288402
whyteana290406
Ekebergia capensis 202
Euclea crispa288398
Ficus ingens27474
Grewia occidentalis 310
Greyia sutherlandii284296
Halleria lucida290448
Harpephyllum caffrum (garden) 242
Heteromorpha arborescens288382
Ilex mitis280262
Kiggelaria africana284328
Leucosidea sericea278116
Morella pilulifera (Myrica pilulifera)27464
Morella serrata (Myrica serrata)27462
Myrsine africana288386
Olinia emarginata286340
Osyris quadripartita [= O. lanceolata]27690
Pittosporum viridiflorum278112
Podocarpus falcatus 46
henkelii27248
latifolius27248
Polygala myrtifolia (garden)210206
 MFTrees Natal
Protea caffra27486
roupelliae27488
Rapanaea melanophloeos288386
Rhamnus prinoides284300
Rhoicissus tridentata284306
Rhus dentata280250
pyroides280258
tomentosa280260
Scolopia mundii286330
Trimeria grandifolia286334
   
FERNSMF 
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum296 
Asplenium aethiopicum296 
Asplenium monanthes296 
Asplenium rutifolium  
Cheilanthes quadripinnata294 
Cyathea dregei294 
Dryopteris inaequalis298 
Gleichenia umbraculifera294 
Grammitis rigescens296 
Pleopeltis macrocarpa296 
Polypodium polypodioides296 
Pteris cretica294 
Pteridium aquilinum294 
Pteris catoptera var. catoptera
(Sungabala forest)
  
Selaginella caffrorum292 
cf imbricata292 
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  
   
SEDGESMF 
Carex zuluensis262 
Carex austro-africana248 

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