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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Brooms-an-brushes

Acalypha angustata
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Acalypha peduncularis
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Cockatoo grass

Alloteropsis semialata
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports birds

Spotted aloe

Aloe greatheadii
  • Flowering:
    May Jun Jul Aug

Transvaal Aloe

Aloe transvaalensis
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Stab Grass

Andropogon schirensis

Anthospermum hispidulum
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec

Sixweeks three-awn

Aristida adscensionis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Tassle Three-awn

Aristida congesta congesta
  • Sun Semi-shade

Aristida scabrivalvis borumensis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Perennial Tufted Grass

Aristida transvaalensis

Catthorn Asparagus

Asparagus suaveolens
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Buff Bushmanland Bobbejaantjie

Babiana hypogea
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Berkheya insignis
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

False Love Grass

Bewsia biflora
  • Sun Semi-shade

Australian Bluestem

Bothriochloa insculpta
  • Sun Semi-shade

Red-Topped Signal Grass

Brachiaria serrata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Bulbostylis burchellii
  • Sun Semi-shade

Buffelgrass

Cenchrus ciliaris
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Napier Millet

Cenchrus geniculatus
  • Supports grazers/browsers

Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Spider Web Chloris

Chloris pycnothrix
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Feather Finger Grass

Chloris virgata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Hairy Pricklehead

Crabbea hirsuta
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Showy Blue Ear

Cyanotis speciosa
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports mammals Supports butterflies Supports bees

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon caesius
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon excavatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon pospischilii
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Bermuda grass

Cynodon dactylon
  • Flowering:
    Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Grassveld Karmedik

Dicoma anomala
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun Semi-shade

Broad-Leaved Blue Stem

Diheteropogon amplectens
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Wire Grass

Elionurus muticus
  • Flowering:
    Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Soft Feather Pappus Grass

Enneapogon cenchroides
  • Sun Semi-shade

Cape Love Grass

Eragrostis capensis
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

African love grass

Eragrostis curvula
  • Supports grazers/browsers

Gum grass

Eragrostis gummiflua
  • Sun Semi-shade

Narrow Heart Love Grass

Eragrostis racemosa
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Caterpillar Grass

Harpochloa falx
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Wrinkly Everlasting

Helichrysum rugulosum
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Tanglehead

Heteropogon contortus
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers

Thatching Grass

Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Cogon Grass

Imperata cylindrica
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow Fast-growing
    Supports birds Supports butterflies

Justicia anagalloides
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Charm Trembletop

Kohautia amatymbica
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Kohautia lasiocarpa
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Common Russet Grass

Loudetia simplex
  • Sun Semi-shade

Bristle-Leaved Red-Top Grass

Melinis nerviglumis
  • Flowering:
    Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow

Melinis repens grandiflora
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Natal grass

Melinis repens repens
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds Supports bees

Microchloa afra

Boat Grass

Monocymbium ceresiiforme
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow

Grassland Vleiweed

Nidorella hottentotica
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Cats Whiskers

Ocimum obovatum obovatum
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports butterflies

Natal Buffalo Grass

Panicum natalense
  • Sun Semi-shade

Pentanisia prunelloides latifolia
  • Flowering:
    Jan Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Supports butterflies

Purple Spike Grass

Perotis patens
  • Sun Semi-shade

Jersey Cudweed

Pseudognaphalium luteo-album
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade

Crimson Bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Broom Ragwort

Senecio venosus
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Sun Semi-shade

Vlei bristle grass

Setaria nigrirostris
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Setaria pumila pallidefusca
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Golden Bristle Grass

Setaria sphacelata sericea
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

African bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Hooked Bristle Grass

Setaria verticillata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Dec
    Shade Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Parramatta Grass

Sporobolus africanus
  • Flowering:
    Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports birds

Fringed Dropseed

Sporobolus pectinatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Kangaroo Grass

Themeda triandra
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Sun Semi-shade
    Easy to grow
    Supports grazers/browsers Supports birds

Spiked Crinkleawn

Trachypogon spicatus
  • Sun Semi-shade

African bur-grass

Tragus berteronianus
  • Sun Semi-shade

Rolling Grass

Trichoneura grandiglumis
  • Sun Semi-shade

Hairy Trident Grass

Tristachya leucothrix
  • Sun Semi-shade
    Supports grazers/browsers

Tristachya rehmannii
  • Sun Semi-shade

Quinine Grass

Urelytrum agropyroides
  • Sun Semi-shade

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