Plant Height: 50 cm to 1 metre

  • Trachyandra ciliata

    Posted on by Di StrombergTrachyandra ciliata is a common, seasonal herb with edible flower buds. This shrub is upright to sprawling and can reach up to 0.5 m heigh.  The roots are wiry, often swollen and hairy.  The leaves are linear, up to 100... Read more »

  • Chenopodium album L.

    Posted on by Di StrombergWhite goosefoot is an annual, multi-branched, erect herb that can grow as tall as 1,5 m. This weed has a sturdy taproot and the stems are ribbed, green-yellowish, often reddish striped and hairless. The leaves are simple, alternately arranged and... Read more »

  • Restio eleocharis

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis plant can be found in the sandy, dune areas of Steenbok Nature Reserve.   The dichotomously branches (type of branching in plants that results when the growing point (apical bud) divides into two equal growing points often twisted) are... Read more »

  • Amaryllis belladonna

    Posted on by Di StrombergDescription The bulb is typically large, brown and rounded and has a moderate growth rate.  The large clusters of scented, trumpet-shaped pink flowers are carried on a long purplish-red and green stem.  Up to twelve flowers are produced from the... Read more »

  • Podocarpus latifolius

    Posted on by LettiThe real yellowwood is one of South Africa’s most valued timber trees and is also South Africa ‘s National Tree. It  is a slow-growing, usually large, evergreen tree, which grows to between 20 and 30 m in height. There are... Read more »

  • Senecio ilicifolius

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis plant is endemic to South Africa and is most prevalent growing among the tall grasses throughout the Reserve.  It can reach up to 1 meter tall, and is readily identified by its rigid holly-like leaves and bright yellow flowers. ... Read more »

  • OCHNA SERRULATA

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis small semi-deciduous to evergreen shrub is usually 1 to 2m in height, but can reach 6m. It has a slender stem with smooth, brown bark. The elliptical leaves are  13-50mm long and can be narrow with blunt or rounded... Read more »

  • EUPHORBIA ERYTHRINA

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis much branched, resprouting perennial plant is easily recognisable by its stunning flower heads and long slender stems with opposite, alternate leaves. The flowers are carried at the tip of the stems and are enclosed in grenny-yellow bracts. Read more »

  • ALBUCA BRACTEATA

    Posted on by Di StrombergThis succulent bulb is commonly known as the pregnant onion due to the fact that it does look like an pale green to yellow onion sitting on top of the soil – growing up to 10cm in diameter – and also because... Read more »

  • VIRGILIA DIVARICATA

    Posted on by Di StrombergVirgilia divaricata and V. oroboides are very similar and are often confused but V. divaricata rarely exceeds 10m – unlike V. oroboides which can reach 15m. It has a bushy, rounded to broadly conical growth habit with branches growing close to the ground. The... Read more »