Plant Height: Less than 50 cm

  • Cyrtanthus elatus

    Posted on by s2This very beautiful bulb is found mainly in the Outeniqua and Tsitsikamma mountains. It bears bright green slender, strap-shaped leaves. The brilliant funnel-shaped flowers are 120mm long and 80mm across. The word “cyrtanthus” refers to the Greek word meaning “curved... Read more »

  • Cynanchum ellipticum

    Posted on by s2Delicate climber found at Kingfisher Creek twining its way up grasses and shrubs. The shiny bright green leaves contain milky, bitter latex that is apparently non-irritant. They are broadly elliptical with a pronounced tip at the apex and appear in... Read more »

  • Cynanchum africanum

    Posted on by s2An aggressive climber found all over the reserve with slender stems and branches. They contain milky, bitter latex that is apparently non-irritant. The leaves are heart-shaped and the horn-shaped fruits contain club-shaped plumed seeds Read more »

  • Crocosmia aurea

    Posted on by s2Found mainly from Tsitsikamma further East. The flowering stem is branched and angled with numerous showy flowers at the ends of tall spikes. The fruits are very attractive with shiny black seeds set in bright red capsules.1. Read more »

  • Crassula perfoliata

    Posted on by s2An erect, sparingly branched perennial succulent up to about 1.5 m high when in flower, often growing singly. The succulent leaves are oblong and sickle-shaped, arranged in opposite rows, laterally compressed, ascending-spreading and with blunt ends. The small flowers are arranged... Read more »

  • Crassula nudicaulis

    Posted on by s2This is a low-growing tufted perennial with fleshy branches with short or even no stem. Flowers in small clusters forming elongate panicles. Read more »

  • Crassula multicava

    Posted on by s2A mat forming evergreen perennial, happy in sun or shade. The round leaves are light to dark green depending on the position in the garden, darker in the shade and paler in semi-shade to sunny places. The flowers are petite,... Read more »

  • Crassula expansa subsp. filicaulis

    Posted on by s2Weak sprawling perennial with herbaceous stems, often rooting at nodes.  The leaves are often reddish in colour, opposite, obovate to ellipsoid. The small solitary dainty flowers appear on short stalks at the branches’ tips. Read more »

  • Crassula altropurpurea

    Posted on by s2Small, hardy, succulent plant growing near the bench over-looking Kingfisher Creek. It is found along the west and south-east coastlines. The ovoid to paddle shaped leaves are evenly spaced along erect stems. It bears flowers 4 mm long arranged in... Read more »

  • Cotyledon orbiculata

    Posted on by s2This fast growing succulent shrub provides interest throughout the year with its thick ear-looking leaves. The margins of the leaves often have a red line around it. The bell-shaped flowers are strikingly beautiful, hanging in clusters on the ends of... Read more »