Wednesday 2 September 2015

Flowering now (September 2015)

Although it is now officially spring, we have been experiencing our normal spring flowers for a good month or so already. Many of the species reported as flowering in the last month's "Flowering now (August 2015)" persist into September, but we are only showing those starting to flower in September.

On Spring Day we came across two interesting, but unobtrusive small flowers, namely Aspidoglossum carinatum and Thesium angulosum. The flowers may be small and unobtrusive, but are very attractive when viewed close-up.


Ajuga ophridis
The near threatened endemic Apodytes abbottii

Argyrolobium amplexicaule
Argyrolobium harveyanum
Aristea gerrardii
Asparagus africanus
The grasslike Aspidoglossum carinatum
Aster (Afroaster) harveyanus 
Bonatea boltonii
Boophone disticha
Brachylaena glabra
Bridelia micrantha

The Bridelia micrantha really put on a show at this time of the year with their new leaves in shades of bronze and gold.


Canthium suberosum
The near threatened endemic Canthium vanwykii
Chamaecrista comosa
Combretum kraussii
Crassula vaginata
Crotalaria natalitia
Cyanotis speciosa
Cytorchis arcuata
Dalbergia multijuga
Dierama igneum
Dipcadi viride
Disa stachyoides
Disa woodii
Drimia elata
Endostemon obtusifolius
Eriocaulon dregei
Eriosema squarrosum
What we understand is to be published as Eriosema stylesii
The endangered endemic Eriosema umtamvunense
The vulnerable endemic Eriosemopsis subanisophylla
The endangered endemic Eugenia umtamvunensis
Freesia laxa  subsp. laxa 
Geranium flanaganii
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Grewia hispida
Halleria lucida fruits and flowers
Helichrysum appendiculatum
Helichrysum nudifolium subsp. oxyphyllum
Helichrysum ruderale
Hilliardiella hirsuta
The critically endangered Hyobanche fulleri
Hypoxis colchicifolia
Indigofera longipes ined.
Ipomoea crassipes
Jasminum multipartitum
Keetia gueinzii
Kniphofia baurii
Launea sarmentosa
Lauridia tetragona
Ledebouria floribunda
Leobordea corymbosa
Leonotis leonurus
Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum (male)
Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum (female)
Maerua caffra
Melinis nerviglumis
Microglossa mespiliformis
Mimusops obovata
Ochna arborea
Pelargonium luridum
Pelargonium schlecterii - for some strange reason, currently regarded as
a synonym of Pelargonium luridum (above)
Pittosporum viridiflorum
Podalyria burchellii
Polygala myrtifolia
Polygala rehmannii
Polygala virgata
Polystachya pubescens
Psoralea glabra
Pterocelastrus tricuspidatus
Senecio natalicola
Senecio oxyriifolius
Sisyranthus imberbis
Tephrosia pondoensis
Thesium angulosum
Thunbergia atriplicifolia

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