• Watsonia laccata

    Posted on This plant is one of the smaller members of the Iridaceae family (30 to 40 cm tall) and can be found growing on the bank in the Indigenous Garden. The leaves are glossy, sword-shaped with lightly thickened margins, mostly 6-15mm wide and... Read more »
  • Watsonia hybrid

    Posted on This erect cormous perennial herb forms large clumps with strap-like leaves. The underground corms start to grow in late autumn and foliage is produced during the winter. The flowering stems appear in spirally twisted spikes of trumpet-shaped flowers arranged singly... Read more »
  • Watsonia fourcadei

    Posted on This cormous geophyte can reach up to 2m tall. The leaves are sword-shaped and 15-40mm wide. The flowers are found in elongated spikes with arctuate stamens (curved upward like a bow). The genus Watsonia commemorates the eighteenth century English physician Sir William... Read more »
  • Wahlenbergia procumbens

    Posted on This is a tiny herb with spreading stems rooting along their length. It is found growing on the north banks of the unpaved path between the bowling greens and the Leisure Isle Boat Club trailer park. The flowers are bell-shaped... 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 »
  • Trifolium repens

    Posted on Not listed on NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed smothering other natural vegetation. Weed introduced from  Europe and Asia as a fodder crop. Read more »
  • Trachyandra revoluta

    Posted on This rhizomatous perennial has few roots and few leaves. The leaves are linear and rough-textured, sheathing individually at the base. The flowers are also not abundant, nodding in much-branched, spreading flower heads while the base of flower stalk has a... Read more »
  • Torilis arvenis

    Posted on Not listed on NEMBA legislation, however it is a troublesome weed smothering other natural vegetation. Sprawling, soft, annual herb with ‘carrot-like’ leaves bearing a few small flowers. The fruits are burr-like and covered with barbed bristles. Read more »
  • Tetragonia fruticosa

    Posted on This sprawling shrub with long trailing branches can be seen trailing through shrubs. It bears yellowish flowers at the end of its branches which are 3-4 mm in diameter. The fruits are broadly winged, with knobs between the wings. It... Read more »
  • Tetragonia decumbens

    Posted on This is a sprawling perennial with branches to 1m and glistening leaves that are warty or hairy. It bears yellow flowers 3-4mm in diameter, in branched axillary clusters shorter than the leaves. The fruits is initially green and succulent with... Read more »