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Home Posts tagged "Campanulaceae"

Tag: Campanulaceae

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Monopsis simplex flower (Lobeliaceae)

Monopsis is a genus closely related to Lobelia. It is a small genus of about 13 species confined to sub-Saharan Africa of which 8 are found in the Cape. All the species form small herbaceous plants with colourful flowers. There are two species in the Klein River Mountains, Monopsis lutea…

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Flora Campanulaceae, February, January, Lobelia, Lobeliaceae, March, Monopsis, Monopsis lutea, Monopsis simplex, summer

Tubular Bells

Merciera leptoloba (Campanulaceae)

Merciera leptoloba is a member of the bellflower family, Campanulaceae. As the common family name suggests, most members of this family have bell-shaped flowers, i.e. with a broad tube. (Indeed, the scientific name is also based on the Latin for bell: campana.) But as in many families, there is a…

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Flora bellflower, Campanulaceae, December, January, Merciera, November, Spring, summer

Climbers in the Fynbos

Flowers of Cyphia volubilis (Lobeliaceae)

Climbing plants are uncommon in fynbos. The principle behind a climbing plant in forest or bushveld is to reach the light above when other plants have a head start. So in fynbos, when every 20 years or so the canopy is burnt to the ground and all plants are back…

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Flora Campanulaceae, climber, Cyphia, Cyphia volubilis, geophyte, Lobelia, Lobeliaceae, September, Spring, tuber

Panicle of Bells

Flower and bud of Prismatocarpus brevilobus brevilobus (Campanulaceae)

It is difficult to capture on camera the essence of some plants. The flowers can be separated from the leaves, which might be hidden by surrounding foliage or the flowers may be so diffuse on a plant that one can only focus on a single flower at a time. One…

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Flora bellflower, Campanulaceae, February, January, March, panicle, Prismatocarpus, Roella, summer
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