Flower Colour: Pink

  • Dais cotinifolia

    Posted on by s2Found naturally in coastal thicket of Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. Masses of pinkish-mauve pompon-like flowerheads grace this tree in flowering season lasting up to two weeks. The fruit is a very small reddish-brown nutlet. Stripped bark can be plaited... Read more »

  • Stachys aethiopica

    Posted on by s2This is a vigorous and versatile plant with long straggling stems which uses surrounding vegetation for support. The leaves are glandular, heart-shaped and rough with serrated edges, they are arranged opposite to each other and have an unpleasant smell. The square-shaped... Read more »

  • Silene undulata

    Posted on by s2This erect or sprawling, much branched hairy perennial can be found west of tennis courts and in the grasses along from the boat club entrance towards the Indigenous Gardens. The base of the plant carries opposite spatula-shaped leaves. The flowers... Read more »

  • Scabiosa columbaria

    Posted on by s2This hardy, evergreen herbaceous perennial has attractive, deeply lobed, grey green foliage. The soft basal leaves ca have serrated or toothed margins are clump-forming. The showy inflorescences are carried on slender erect stems all year round. Butterflies, bees and insects... Read more »

  • Satyrium princeps

    Posted on by s2The rootstock of this deciduous, winter-growing geophyte is a root-stem tuberoid: a storage organ which consists of both root and stem tissue. Two broad oval leaves lie flat on the ground while the tall erect raceme shows off the flowers.... Read more »

  • Satyrium membranaceum

    Posted on by s2This stout, tuberous geophyte (i.e. a plant that has its storage organs underground) is a rare sighting in Steenbok. This orchid is mainly found North of the tennis courts from October until December. The large flat leaves lay on the... Read more »

  • Salvia africana

    Posted on by s2This species has for many years been known as Salvia africana-caerulea, however, according to the rules of botanical nomenclature, hyphenated names are illegitimate. This soft, grey-hairy shrub found naturally on the sandy flats in the south western Cape and is very... Read more »

  • Ruschia species

    Posted on by s2Plants in the Ruschia genus are among the most striking, versatile and diverse of all succulents in the Mesembryanthemum group. Imported from the Karoo, it provides a splash of colour as one approaches the indigenous garden in the Park. Members of Ruschia are all... Read more »

  • Coleonema album

    Posted on by s2This showy buchu carries oil glands on the underside of the leaves making them sweet smelling. It grows well in domestic gardens on Leisure Isle forming a lovely compact shrub. The flowers literally cover this bush, turning it into a stunning... Read more »

  • Vicia angustifolia

    Posted on by s2Not listed on NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed smothering other natural vegetation. An introduced herb. Flowers are brilliant cerise turning purple as they age. Flowers in the Park in in the sandy grasslands. The scrambling growth habit... Read more »