Plumbago auriculata (redirect from Cape Leadwort)
(P. auriculata var. alba) or deep blue (P. auriculata 'Royal Cape') flowers. The flowers are complete and bisexual, and are arranged in corymb-like racemes...
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Protea cynaroides (redirect from National flower of South Africa)
southwestern and southern parts of South Africa in the fynbos region. The king protea is the national flower of South Africa. It also is the flagship of the Protea...
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Namaqualand (category Geography of the Northern Cape)
Atlantic Ocean, its wild flowers during spring, its wealth of minerals, and cultural history, Namaqualand is a popular region for international and local...
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Physalis peruviana (redirect from Cape Gooseberry)
region, it is called aguaymanto, uvilla or uchuva, in addition to numerous indigenous and regional names. In English, its common names include Cape gooseberry...
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Amaryllis (category Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces)
better known of the two, Amaryllis belladonna, is a native of the Western Cape region of South Africa, particularly the rocky southwest area between the Olifants...
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the Proteaceae family. About 92% of the species occur only in the Cape Floristic Region, a narrow belt of mountainous coastal land from Clanwilliam to Grahamstown...
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Bredasdorp (redirect from Bredasdorp, Western Cape)
town in the Southern Overberg region of the Western Cape, South Africa, and the main economic and service hub of that region. It lies on the northern edge...
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popular coastal tourism areas. The Western Cape is the southernmost region of the African continent with Cape Agulhas as its southernmost point, only 3...
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Arctotheca calendula (redirect from Plain treasure flower)
known as capeweed, plain treasureflower, cape dandelion, or cape marigold because it occurs in the Western Cape Province in South Africa. It has a wide...
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Haemanthus (redirect from Cape Tulip)
occur in the winter rainfall region of Namaqualand and the Western Cape, the remainder being found in the summer rainfall region, with one species Haemanthus...
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ISBN 978-0-37603-851-7. Manning, John (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region: 1: the core Cape flora. Pretoria: South African National Biodiversity Institute...
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(Canary Islands, Statice brassicifolia) Limonium braunii (Cape Verde) Limonium brunneri (Cape Verde) Limonium caesium (western Mediterranean) Limonium...
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British heritage in the region (including the Cape Town 1820 Settlers Association, Cape Town Scottish Highlander Pipe Band and Cape Town Scottish Caledonian...
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Springbok, South Africa (redirect from Springbok, Northern Cape)
Springbok is the largest town in the Namaqualand area in the Northern Cape province of South Africa. It was called Springbokfontein until 1911, when it...
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Agapanthus africanus (category Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces)
April 3, 2014. Manning, John (2012). Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region : 1: the core Cape flora. Peter Goldblatt, G. D. Duncan. Pretoria: South African...
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George, South Africa (redirect from George, Western Cape)
George is the second largest city in the Western Cape province of South Africa. The city is a popular holiday and conference centre, as well as the administrative...
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Gordon's Bay (redirect from Gordon's Bay, Cape Town)
in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is included in the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality Eastern Suburbs region (formerly called...
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administrative region in China) — Hong Kong orchid Lebanon — Lebanon cedar Macao (special administrative region in China) — lotus flower Mexico — cactus...
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Cape Malays (Afrikaans: Kaapse Maleiers, کاپز ملیس in Arabic script) also known as Cape Muslims or Malays, are a Muslim community or ethnic group in South...
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Berzelia abrotanoides (category Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces)
Bruniaceae native to the Western Cape region of South Africa. The foliage and dried flower heads are used in the cut flower industry. Wilman, Victoria. "Berzelia...
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Table Mountain (redirect from Table Mountain (Cape Town))
Guide to Fynbos. Cape Town: Struik Publishers. pp. 8–23. ISBN 9781770072657. Trinder-Smith, Terry (2006). "Introduction". In: Wild Flowers of the Table Mountain...
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Drimia capensis (category Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces)
Manning, J.C. & Goldblatt, P. 2013. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region. 1: The Core Cape Flora. Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity...
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proteas are not in flower, but urban birds are associated with greater stress measures. With a large population and extensive range, the Cape sugarbird is evaluated...
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Cyrtanthus ventricosus (category Endemic flora of the Cape Provinces)
Amaryllidaceae, and is found along the Cape Fold Mountains from the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape, to the Kouga Mountains, Eastern Cape in South Africa. Fire lilly...
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Swellendam (redirect from Swellendam, Western Cape)
wild flowers and fynbos. The 250 hectare (one square mile) indigenous forest at Grootvadersbosch is the most noteworthy in the southwestern Cape. Woods...
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vineyards in the arid region near Upington. Native speakers of Afrikaans comprise a higher percentage of the population in the Northern Cape than in any other...
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taxa used as cut flowers across the world. Rare flowers became common, such as these local flowers from the Western Cape seen at a flower show in Clanwilliam...
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Manning, J. & Goldblatt, P. 2012. Plants of the Greater Cape Floristic Region 1: the Core Cape flora, Strelitzia 29. South African National Biodiversity...
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the region was noted for its exports of Vin de Constance a sweet dessert wine. Many years ago the trade was crippled by the arrival in the Cape of a...
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