• Lantana camara

    Posted on Invasive Status in South Africa: NEMBA  Cat. 1b Origin: Central and South America A much-branched scabrid, upright arching or scrambling shrub.  This plant  reproduces by seeds, which are readily dispersed by birds and other animals (e.g. rodents) that eat the... Read more »
  • Lamplanthus spectabilis

    Posted on This hardy, evergreen, fast-growing, drought-resistant, succulent plant forms a dense, trailing carpet of finger-like, succulent, grey-green. The paired leaves are free or slightly fused at their bases. The name is derived from the Greek words lampros (bright) and anthos (flower), referring to... Read more »
  • Zephyranthes grandiflora

    Posted on Not listed in NEMBA legislation, garden escapee Small bulbous plant from Central America growing on the verge of Links Drive 25 m west of Horne Drive intersection. Most of the time cannot be seen but appears first with leaves followed... Read more »
  • Watsonia knysnana

    Posted on This robust, cormous geophyte has sword-shaped leaves arranged in a tight fan, they are leathery and fibrous.  The leaves grow up to 60cm, with flower spikes no more than a meter. It flowers well in disturbed sites from Swellendam to... Read more »
  • Gastric bicolor var. bicolor

    Posted on Stemless succulent with spotted leaves which are arranged alternately in two opposite vertical rows. The flowers are nodding in a branched raceme swollen at the base. and have the stomach shape characteristic of the genus. Found naturally in thicket in... Read more »
  • Crassula sarmentosa

    Posted on Found in forest areas between Knysna and the Transkei. This evergreen succulent grows prostrate with stems often quadrangular and with very small flowers with petals up to 4,5 mm in length. The succulent leaves are slightly toothed. Read more »
  • Samolous porosus

    Posted on A herb up to 45 cm tall with slender branched stems and narrow leaves which are larger at the base of the plant. Small 5-petalled flowers are borne towards the end of the stems. Read more »
  • Disphyma crassifolium

    Posted on Spreading succulent, rooting at the nodes, with smooth 3-angled, dark green leaves. Bears 1 to 3 flowers approx. 40 mm in diameter. Grows at the margin of the salt marsh. Read more »
  • Schotia latifolia

    Posted on Small to medium-sized slender tree with rounded canopy found in coastal scrub. Flower-heads very attractive on branch-tips. Fruit is a flattened oval pod with protruding rim Read more »