Flowering Month: January
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Virginia oroboides subsp. oroboides
Posted on This widespread and fast growing plant can be seen in the Park as shrubs and also as stand alone trees. The trunk has a silvery-grey and smooth bark, long and slender with a sparse crown. The steeply ascending branches carry... Read more » -
Verbena bonariensis
Posted on Invasive status in SA: Cat. 1b. Origin: Brazil. Tall herb with square stems covered with stiff hairs. Widespread in the southern Cape wherever there is moist ground-hence also known as the Blouwater Bossie. Imported alien growing in the long grass... Read more » -
Typha capensis
Posted on This leafy aquatic perennial grows in marshy grounds and isfound in the Park in the westerly wetland area. It is a monoecious plant which has the reproductive organs in separate structures but borne on the same individual. It tends to... Read more » -
Tulbaghia violacea
Posted on These scented plants are prolific during the Summer months in Steenbok Nature Reserve. They grow from fat and tuberous roots. The leaves are long, narrow, strap-like and slightly fleshy, smelling of garlic when bruised. The flowers sit high above the... Read more » -
Tecomaria capensis
Posted on This scrambling, multi-stemmed shrub is originally from the Eastern Cape and can be quite invasive if left unchecked. Yellow and orange bushes can be found in different areas of the Park and Creek. Its pinnately compound, glossy leaves have oval... Read more » -
Taraxacum breviscapum
Posted on Not listed on NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed smothering other natural vegetation. European weed found on roadsides, in waste places and in gardens. The leaves are used traditionally as a salad and the roots are used as... Read more » -
Psoralea pinnata
Posted on Found naturally in the extreme Western Cape. Usually has a slender stem that branches fairly low down and has angular branches. The leaves are resinous and release a slight scent when crushed. The genus pinnata(Latin) describes the pinnate leaves. The... Read more » -
Polygala myrtifolia
Posted on This evergreen sprawling or erect shrub / tree grows well on Leisure Isle and in both SteenbokPark and KingfisherCreek. It flowers intermittently throughout the year but is at its best during spring (hence its common name) and summer. The branches... Read more » -
Plumbago auriculata
Posted on A large scrambling untidy shrub with clear blue flowers at the end of the branch tips. In summer, the bush is covered with glorious sky-blue flowers which are then followed by sticky hairy seeds. This shurb is well known to... Read more »