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Category: Flora


Accounts of the plants found at Phillipskop Mountain Reserve. For a full list of plants see the Checklist of the Flora.

Butterfly Crassulas

Crassula fascicularis (Crassulaceae)

Succulent plants are somewhat rare in fynbos, especially compared to the Karoo to the north. But the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, has a number of fynbos species. Most of these produce small flowers, pollinated by bees or even smaller insects. Two species though, Crassula fascicularis and Crassula coccinea, have large flowers…

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Flora butterfly, Crassula, Crassulaceae, January, moth-pollinated, October, September, Spring, summer

Uniquely Common

Saltera sarcocolla (Penaeaceae)

A curious aspect of living amongst the Cape Flora is that we sometimes forget how special some of our commoner plants actually are. A case in point is Saltera sarcocolla.  This species is found widely across the whole of the Klein River Mountains. It is found both at low and…

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Flora April, August, autumn, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November, October, Penaeaceae, September, Spring, summer, winter

Everlasting Heaths

Erica corifolia

Erica corifolia is commonly known as the Dark-tip Heath. This is a reference to the pink flowers, which quickly fade from purplish to blackish brown at the tip soon after opening. But it does not stop there, for the whole flower quickly loses its colour and turns brown. This does…

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Flora April, autumn, Erica, Ericaceae, February, January, March, May, summer

Pretty Confusing Ericas

Erica longiaristata (Ericaceae)

There are many pretty species of Erica but only one truly bears the name: Erica pulchella. (“Pulchella” is the Latin diminutive for beautiful, i.e. pretty.) It forms low branched shrubs with numerous dense spikes of small purplish red urn-shaped flowers. It grows from the Cape Peninsula to Kogelberg, and along…

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Flora December, Erica, Ericaceae, February, January, stamens, summer

Strictly Correct Ixia

Ixia stricta (Iridaceae)

The bright pink Ixia stricta, with its contrasting yellow anthers, appears towards the end of the season of spring bulbs in the Overberg. The stem is very thin and delicate, like most Ixia species, yet it holds itself quite upright. From this habit it gets its name, “stricta”. Stricta is…

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Flora bulb, corm, geophyte, Iridaceae, Ixia, November, October, Spring

Golden Boot Polish

Leucadendron microcephalum (Proteaceae)

The golden yellow heads of Leucadendron, conebushes, are easy to identify, but the species can often be a challenge to separate. A key character in narrowing down the options is the size of the colourful leaves that surround the flowerhead. One of the species with comparatively large flowerheads is Leucadendron…

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Flora August, conebush, July, Leucadendron, protea, Proteaceae, serotiny, winter
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