Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

Braam Van Wyk, Sasa Malan
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Field Guide to The Wildflowers of Witwatersrand & Pretoria, including Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand

The Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Witwatersrand & Pretoria Region by Braam van Wyk is an innovative guide that helps identify the immense variety of local wildflowers by first grouping them into six color categories, making identification easier. It covers 763 species with full-color photos, diagnostic features, and information on life cycles, height, and distribution, serving as an essential tool for discovering the rich flora of areas like the Magaliesberg and Suikerbosrand.

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The following 73 species were imported from this document.

  • Brooms-an-brushes

    Acalypha angustata

  • Acalypha peduncularis

  • Cockatoo grass

    Alloteropsis semialata

  • Spotted aloe

    Aloe greatheadii

  • Transvaal Aloe

    Aloe transvaalensis

  • Stab Grass

    Andropogon schirensis

  • Anthospermum hispidulum

  • Sixweeks three-awn

    Aristida adscensionis

  • Tassle Three-awn

    Aristida congesta congesta

  • Aristida scabrivalvis borumensis

  • Perennial Tufted Grass

    Aristida transvaalensis

  • Catthorn Asparagus

    Asparagus suaveolens

  • Buff Bushmanland Bobbejaantjie

    Babiana hypogea

  • Berkheya insignis

  • False Love Grass

    Bewsia biflora

  • Australian Bluestem

    Bothriochloa insculpta

  • Red-Topped Signal Grass

    Brachiaria serrata

  • Bulbostylis burchellii

  • Buffelgrass

    Cenchrus ciliaris

  • Napier Millet

    Cenchrus geniculatus

  • Rhodes Grass

    Chloris gayana

  • Spider Web Chloris

    Chloris pycnothrix

  • Feather Finger Grass

    Chloris virgata

  • Hairy Pricklehead

    Crabbea hirsuta

  • Showy Blue Ear

    Cyanotis speciosa

  • Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

    Cymbopogon caesius

  • Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

    Cymbopogon excavatus

  • Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass

    Cymbopogon pospischilii

  • Bermuda grass

    Cynodon dactylon

  • Grassveld Karmedik

    Dicoma anomala

  • Broad-Leaved Blue Stem

    Diheteropogon amplectens

  • Wire Grass

    Elionurus muticus

  • Soft Feather Pappus Grass

    Enneapogon cenchroides

  • Cape Love Grass

    Eragrostis capensis

  • African love grass

    Eragrostis curvula

  • Gum grass

    Eragrostis gummiflua

  • Narrow Heart Love Grass

    Eragrostis racemosa

  • Caterpillar Grass

    Harpochloa falx

  • Wrinkly Everlasting

    Helichrysum rugulosum

  • Tanglehead

    Heteropogon contortus

  • Thatching Grass

    Hyparrhenia hirta

  • Cogon Grass

    Imperata cylindrica

  • Justicia anagalloides

  • Charm Trembletop

    Kohautia amatymbica

  • Kohautia lasiocarpa

  • Common Russet Grass

    Loudetia simplex

  • Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass

    Melinis nerviglumis

  • Melinis repens grandiflora

  • Natal grass

    Melinis repens repens

  • Microchloa afra

  • Boat Grass

    Monocymbium ceresiiforme

  • Grassland Vleiweed

    Nidorella hottentotica

  • Cats Whiskers

    Ocimum obovatum obovatum

  • Natal Buffalo Grass

    Panicum natalense

  • Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia

  • Purple Spike Grass

    Perotis patens

  • Jersey Cudweed

    Pseudognaphalium luteo-album

  • Crimson Bluestem

    Schizachyrium sanguineum

  • Broom Ragwort

    Senecio venosus

  • Vlei bristle grass

    Setaria nigrirostris

  • Setaria pumila pallidefusca

  • Golden Bristle Grass

    Setaria sphacelata sericea

  • African bristlegrass

    Setaria sphacelata sphacelata

  • Hooked Bristle Grass

    Setaria verticillata

  • Parramatta Grass

    Sporobolus africanus

  • Fringed Dropseed

    Sporobolus pectinatus

  • Kangaroo Grass

    Themeda triandra

  • Spiked Crinkleawn

    Trachypogon spicatus

  • African bur-grass

    Tragus berteronianus

  • Rolling Grass

    Trichoneura grandiglumis

  • Hairy Trident Grass

    Tristachya leucothrix

  • Tristachya rehmannii

  • Quinine Grass

    Urelytrum agropyroides

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