Cormous geophyte up to 40cm. Leaves glossy, sword-shaped with lightly thickened margins, mostly 6-15mm wide and about half as long as the flowering stem. Flowers in a short spike, pink to purple or orange; perianth tube 18-22mm long, flared above; stamens declinate (curved downward); bracts 10-20mm long, clasping the stem.
Capsules spindle-shaped, tapering to a narrow tip.
They flower from September to November
Habitat:
Seasonally wet. Stony lower sandstone slopes in the Southern Cape.
Wand Watsonia, Watsonia laccata, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 18 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa by John Manning
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Cormous geophyte up to 40cm. Leaves glossy, sword-shaped with lightly thickened margins, mostly 6-15mm wide and about half as long as the flowering stem. Flowers in a short spike, pink to purple or orange; perianth tube 18-22mm long, flared above; stamens declinate (curved downward); bracts 10-20mm long, clasping the stem.
Capsules spindle-shaped, tapering to a narrow tip.
They flower from September to November
Habitat:
Seasonally wet. Stony lower sandstone slopes in the Southern Cape.
Wand Watsonia, Watsonia laccata, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 130 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa by John Manning
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Polygala is also known as Milkwort, Butterfly Bush, September Bush, False Legume and Ertjiebos, Septemberbos in Afrikaans.
Description:
Polygala species vary in growth habit but they all have upright-growing stems and gracefully slender branches, densely covered with glossy, myrtle-like leaves, which can be green or slightly grey. Flowers come in shades of mauve or purple, but can also be pink, scarlet, or white; and although they can appear sporadically throughout the year, flowering peaks in late winter, spring, and early summer. Light brown fruits follow the flowers, and seedlings often germinate close to the parent plant.
Although their pea-like flowers resemble those of legumes, Polygalas are easily distinguished from legumes by the feathery tuft on their lower petals.
Habitat:
Members of this large family of plants occur in temperate and warm climates around the world; and include perennials, shrubs and trees.
There are approximately 88 species of Polygala that occur in Southern Africa, and they are especially prolific in the South-western Cape; and common from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape, to Kwazulu-Natal. However, Polygala can be found growing wild in both the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa, and in most provinces. These showy indigenous plants are widespread pioneer shrubs, which can commonly be found growing on dunes and rocky slopes, as well as in scrub and open grasslands; thriving in forests, and alongside streams.
Slender Falspea, Polygala garcinii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: PlantZAfrica.com
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Polygala is also known as Milkwort, Butterfly Bush, September Bush, False Legume and Ertjiebos, Septemberbos in Afrikaans.
Description:
Polygala species vary in growth habit but they all have upright-growing stems and gracefully slender branches, densely covered with glossy, myrtle-like leaves, which can be green or slightly grey. Flowers come in shades of mauve or purple, but can also be pink, scarlet, or white; and although they can appear sporadically throughout the year, flowering peaks in late winter, spring, and early summer. Light brown fruits follow the flowers, and seedlings often germinate close to the parent plant.
Although their pea-like flowers resemble those of legumes, Polygalas are easily distinguished from legumes by the feathery tuft on their lower petals.
Habitat:
Members of this large family of plants occur in temperate and warm climates around the world; and include perennials, shrubs and trees.
There are approximately 88 species of Polygala that occur in Southern Africa, and they are especially prolific in the South-western Cape; and common from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape, to Kwazulu-Natal. However, Polygala can be found growing wild in both the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa, and in most provinces. These showy indigenous plants are widespread pioneer shrubs, which can commonly be found growing on dunes and rocky slopes, as well as in scrub and open grasslands; thriving in forests, and alongside streams.
Slender Falspea, Polygala garcinii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
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Polygala is also known as Milkwort, Butterfly Bush, September Bush, False Legume and Ertjiebos, Septemberbos in Afrikaans.
Description:
Polygala species vary in growth habit but they all have upright-growing stems and gracefully slender branches, densely covered with glossy, myrtle-like leaves, which can be green or slightly grey. Flowers come in shades of mauve or purple, but can also be pink, scarlet, or white; and although they can appear sporadically throughout the year, flowering peaks in late winter, spring, and early summer. Light brown fruits follow the flowers, and seedlings often germinate close to the parent plant.
Although their pea-like flowers resemble those of legumes, Polygalas are easily distinguished from legumes by the feathery tuft on their lower petals.
Habitat:
Members of this large family of plants occur in temperate and warm climates around the world; and include perennials, shrubs and trees.
There are approximately 88 species of Polygala that occur in Southern Africa, and they are especially prolific in the South-western Cape; and common from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape, to Kwazulu-Natal. However, Polygala can be found growing wild in both the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa, and in most provinces. These showy indigenous plants are widespread pioneer shrubs, which can commonly be found growing on dunes and rocky slopes, as well as in scrub and open grasslands; thriving in forests, and alongside streams.
Slender Falspea, Polygala garcinii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
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Polygala is also known as Milkwort, Butterfly Bush, September Bush, False Legume and Ertjiebos, Septemberbos in Afrikaans.
Description:
Polygala species vary in growth habit but they all have upright-growing stems and gracefully slender branches, densely covered with glossy, myrtle-like leaves, which can be green or slightly grey. Flowers come in shades of mauve or purple, but can also be pink, scarlet, or white; and although they can appear sporadically throughout the year, flowering peaks in late winter, spring, and early summer. Light brown fruits follow the flowers, and seedlings often germinate close to the parent plant.
Although their pea-like flowers resemble those of legumes, Polygalas are easily distinguished from legumes by the feathery tuft on their lower petals.
Habitat:
Members of this large family of plants occur in temperate and warm climates around the world; and include perennials, shrubs and trees.
There are approximately 88 species of Polygala that occur in Southern Africa, and they are especially prolific in the South-western Cape; and common from near Clanwilliam in the Western Cape, to Kwazulu-Natal. However, Polygala can be found growing wild in both the summer and winter rainfall regions of South Africa, and in most provinces. These showy indigenous plants are widespread pioneer shrubs, which can commonly be found growing on dunes and rocky slopes, as well as in scrub and open grasslands; thriving in forests, and alongside streams.
Slender Falspea, Polygala garcinii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: PlantZAfrica.com
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Erodium cicutarium, also known as common stork’s-bill, Redstem filaree, Redstem stork’s bill or Pinweed, is an herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to Macaronesia, temperate Eurasia and north and northeast Africa, and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century, where it has since become naturalized, particularly of the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States
Description:
It is a hairy, sticky annual, resembling herb Robert but lacking the unpleasant odor. The stems are reddish and bear bright pink flowers, which often have dark spots on the bases. The flowers are arranged in a loose cluster and have ten filaments – five of which are fertile – and five styles. The leaves are pinnate to pinnate-pinnatifid, with hairy stems. The long seed-pod, shaped like the bill of a stork, bursts open in a spiral when ripe, sending the seeds (which have long tails called awns) into the air.
Their flowering time is from May to October depending on your location. Here in South Africa, it flowers from June to October.
Habitat:
The plant is widespread across North America. It grows annually in the continent’s northern half. In the southern areas of North America, the plant tends to grow as a biennial with a more erect habit and with much larger leaves, flowers, and fruits. Common stork’s-bill can be found in bare, sandy, grassy places both inland and around the coasts. It is a food plant for the larvae of the brown argus butterfly.
The seeds of this annual are a species collected by various species of harvester ants.
You can find the Redstem Stork’s-bill in disturbed fields, gardens, yards, sandy areas, roadsides, harbors, and rubbish tips
Uses:
The young leaves are edible raw or cooked. The whole plant is reportedly edible with a flavor similar to sharp parsley if picked young. According to John Lovell’s Honey Plants of North America (1926), “the pink flowers are a valuable source of honey (nectar), and also furnish much pollen”. Among the Zuni people, a poultice of chewed root is applied to sores and rashes and an infusion of the root is taken for stomachache
This species is an important forage for domestic livestock, including cows, horses, and sheep. It is sometimes intentionally planted for this purpose.
Although intentionally planted in some areas, it is considered a noxious weed in others.
The flowers are a source of nectar for honey.
Redstem Stork’s-Bill, Erodium cicutarium, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: PlantZAfrica.com
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Erodium cicutarium, also known as common stork’s-bill, Redstem filaree, Redstem stork’s bill or Pinweed, is an herbaceous annual – or in warm climates, biennial – member of the family Geraniaceae of flowering plants. It is native to Macaronesia, temperate Eurasia and north and northeast Africa, and was introduced to North America in the eighteenth century, where it has since become naturalized, particularly of the deserts and arid grasslands of the southwestern United States
Description:
It is a hairy, sticky annual, resembling herb Robert but lacking the unpleasant odor. The stems are reddish and bear bright pink flowers, which often have dark spots on the bases. The flowers are arranged in a loose cluster and have ten filaments – five of which are fertile – and five styles. The leaves are pinnate to pinnate-pinnatifid, with hairy stems. The long seed-pod, shaped like the bill of a stork, bursts open in a spiral when ripe, sending the seeds (which have long tails called awns) into the air.
Their flowering time is from May to October depending on your location. Here in South Africa, it flowers from June to October.
Habitat:
The plant is widespread across North America. It grows annually in the continent’s northern half. In the southern areas of North America, the plant tends to grow as a biennial with a more erect habit and with much larger leaves, flowers, and fruits. Common stork’s-bill can be found in bare, sandy, grassy places both inland and around the coasts. It is a food plant for the larvae of the brown argus butterfly.
The seeds of this annual are a species collected by various species of harvester ants.
You can find the Redstem Stork’s-bill in disturbed fields, gardens, yards, sandy areas, roadsides, harbors, and rubbish tips
Uses:
The young leaves are edible raw or cooked. The whole plant is reportedly edible with a flavor similar to sharp parsley if picked young. According to John Lovell’s Honey Plants of North America (1926), “the pink flowers are a valuable source of honey (nectar), and also furnish much pollen”. Among the Zuni people, a poultice of chewed root is applied to sores and rashes and an infusion of the root is taken for stomachache
This species is an important forage for domestic livestock, including cows, horses, and sheep. It is sometimes intentionally planted for this purpose.
Although intentionally planted in some areas, it is considered a noxious weed in others.
The flowers are a source of nectar for honey.
Redstem Stork’s-Bill, Erodium cicutarium, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: PlantZAfrica.com
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Dimorphotheca pluvialis, common names white African daisy, Cape marigold, weather prophet, Cape rain-daisy, ox-eye daisy, Cape daisy or rain daisy.
Description:
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is an annual herb up to 40 cm (16 in) tall. It has long, narrow leaves, sometimes entire but sometimes toothed or pinnately lobed. Ray flowers are white to yellowish, sometimes with blue or purple markings. Disc flowers are usually white to yellowish with purple tips.
Flowering in masses the glistening white daisies look like snow covering the ground of the large annual beds, small pockets along the footpaths and rockeries. For the best display it is important to visit the garden on a sunny day as these sun-loving daisies only open with the warmth of the sun from about 10 o’clock in the morning to 4 o’clock in the afternoon. As the sun moves across the sky their flowers follow, always facing the sun.
Dimorphotheca pluvialis forms a bushy plant that is covered with large white daisies all flowering at the same level. The flowering season is from July to October, depending on the rain. The narrow leaves are light green, about 7 cm long and have indented edges. They are numerous at the base of the stems, becoming fewer and smaller near the top.
Habitat:
Dimorphotheca pluvialis is endemic to Namibia, Namaqualand and the Western Cape, it occurs on sandy and clay flats and slopes from Gouritsmond to southern Namibia. During spring huge fields are covered with this bright white daisy, forming a dazzling mass.
In their natural habitat the flowers are pollinated by small horseflies that get covered with pollen as they fly from one daisy to the next in search of tiny amounts of nectar.
These annuals are adapted to germinate, grow, flower and set seed during the rainy winter and to survive the long dry summer as seed. The seeds are interesting in that two different forms are produced. The ones we usually sow is flat, papery and fly away easily in the wind. They are formed in the center of the flower by the disk florets. The outer ray florets form seeds which look like little thorns with a thick coat. Under favorable conditions the papery seed of the disk florets germinate in abundance, while the seeds of the ray florets have delayed germination to protect the species against unpredictable conditions in their arid environment.
Rain Daisy, Dimorphotheca pluvialis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 190 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 190 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 70 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 35 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 100 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 190 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 190 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gladiolus carneus is a perennial, 25-60 cm, with narrowly sword-shaped leaves; bears funnel-shaped, pink or white flowers, often with dark pink markings on the lower tepals, with a tube 20-40 mm long that is about as long as the upper tepal.
Their flowering season is from October to December.
Habitat:
Gladiolus carneus are mainly found on sandstone, often in damp sites in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Painted Lady Gladiolus, Gladiolus carneus, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 70 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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The night-scented pelargonium is a geophyte, usually about 25 cm (9.8 in), exceptionally up to 50 cm (20 in) high, that loses all above ground parts when it enters dormancy during the dry, hot summer. It lacks spines. From the subterranean rootstock emerge tuberous roots. The stems are hard and woody at their base and succulent towards their tip, initially green but eventually brown, and rough due to the scars left by discarded stipules and petioles. It is up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 0.5–1 cm (0.20–0.39 in) thick. The leaves in the basal rosette look somewhat like those of a carrot and are at least twice as long as wide, 10–45 cm (3.9–17.7 in) long and 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) wide, on a petiole of up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. These leaves may be upright or lay down. They are herbaceous, variably covered in short glandular hairs between short, whitish hairs. The rosette leaves are pinnately divided, the segments themselves mostly further pinnately divided or incised in linear leaflets or lobes, up to four times in total. The highest order leaflets are usually about 1 mm wide, but up to 8 mm wide in less divided leaves. The base of the segments is wedge-shaped or narrow into a stalk while the tips are rounded or squared-off, the margins entire and rolled upwards. The stipules are heart-shaped or oval with pointy tips, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide, thin and pliable becoming dry, and initially densely pubescent on the underside.
The flowers are 6 to 15 together in an umbel-like cluster on top of a sturdy unbranched peduncle of 5–25 cm (2.0–9.8 in) long and maximally 2.5 mm (0.098 in) in diameter. The part of the stalk of the individual flowers that contains the hollow, spur-like hypanthium is 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) long, much longer than the remainder of the pedicel at its base that is up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The pedicel is densely set with straight, perpendicular (or strigose) hairs and with glandular hairs. The five sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, narrowly oval in shape with pointy tips, the outside densely strigose and some glandular hairs, the inside hairless, the margins with a row of hairs (or ciliate), dull green to yellowish green in color and sometimes with russet colored and slightly transparent margins. The five petals are almost equal in size and spade-shape with rounded tips, 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long, pale yellow in color but often adorned with a vague or intense burgundy to purplish black blotch that may leave only the outer margin yellow. The posterior two petals are 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide, strongly curved backwards at their base and somewhat curved forwards at their tip. The anterior three petals are 2.5–6.0 mm (0.098–0.236 in) wide and less markedly reflexed. Four long and three short filaments initially carry anthers (best determined in a bud), three filaments are sterile. The pollen is bright yellow in color. The pale green, pear-shaped ovary is 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long and about 2.0 mm (0.079 in) wide, densely covered in hairs pointing to the tip. It is topped by a 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long style, that branches into five, reddish, curved stigmas.
Fruit and mericarps, showing plumes that assist distribution by wind and the coiled axil that aids in hygroscopic drilling to plant the seed
Like in all Geraniaceae, the fruit is reminiscent of the head and bill of a stork. It is schizocarp and consists of five units or mericarps. At the base of each mericarp is the enclosed seed that is 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long in the night-scented pelargonium, and a tail of 35–45 mm (1.4–1.8 in) long. The mericarps of Pelargonium are light and carry feather-like hairs to act like parachutes when dry and enable distribution by the wind. The awns of the mericarps coil when drying and uncoil when getting moist. These motions screw the seeds into the ground and in crevices.
Habitat:
The night-scented pelargonium is common in parts of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa, from the Cape Peninsula in the southwest to the Orange River in the north and Mossel Bay in the east. It can be found on coastal sands, but is also present on slopes up to an elevation of 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Across this entire region, most precipitation falls during the winter half year, but the annual rainfall varies over its distribution area from about 100 mm (3.9 in) to over 600 mm (24 in). It is most apparent in open areas, but as the fynbos develop, the plants get shaded by the surrounding shrubs and stop flowering. The large underground tuber, however, enables the plants to survive for many years and reappear after a fire has destroyed the above ground vegetation. The deep hypanthium and night scents are suggestive that the flowers are pollinated by night-active, long-tongued insects such as moths. In Pelargonium, the seed capsule splits open along its length when dry, so releasing the seeds. The seed is dispersed on the wind carried by its feathery plumes. Each seed has a section in its tail that is spiraled when dry and uncoils when moist. Once the seed settles on the soil, it drills into the soil as it coils and uncoils with varying moisture. The continued survival of the night-scented pelargonium is considered to be of least concern.
Night scented Pelargonium, Pelargonium triste, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 135 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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The night-scented pelargonium is a geophyte, usually about 25 cm (9.8 in), exceptionally up to 50 cm (20 in) high, that loses all above ground parts when it enters dormancy during the dry, hot summer. It lacks spines. From the subterranean rootstock emerge tuberous roots. The stems are hard and woody at their base and succulent towards their tip, initially green but eventually brown, and rough due to the scars left by discarded stipules and petioles. It is up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 0.5–1 cm (0.20–0.39 in) thick. The leaves in the basal rosette look somewhat like those of a carrot and are at least twice as long as wide, 10–45 cm (3.9–17.7 in) long and 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) wide, on a petiole of up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. These leaves may be upright or lay down. They are herbaceous, variably covered in short glandular hairs between short, whitish hairs. The rosette leaves are pinnately divided, the segments themselves mostly further pinnately divided or incised in linear leaflets or lobes, up to four times in total. The highest order leaflets are usually about 1 mm wide, but up to 8 mm wide in less divided leaves. The base of the segments is wedge-shaped or narrow into a stalk while the tips are rounded or squared-off, the margins entire and rolled upwards. The stipules are heart-shaped or oval with pointy tips, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide, thin and pliable becoming dry, and initially densely pubescent on the underside.
The flowers are 6 to 15 together in an umbel-like cluster on top of a sturdy unbranched peduncle of 5–25 cm (2.0–9.8 in) long and maximally 2.5 mm (0.098 in) in diameter. The part of the stalk of the individual flowers that contains the hollow, spur-like hypanthium is 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) long, much longer than the remainder of the pedicel at its base that is up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The pedicel is densely set with straight, perpendicular (or strigose) hairs and with glandular hairs. The five sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, narrowly oval in shape with pointy tips, the outside densely strigose and some glandular hairs, the inside hairless, the margins with a row of hairs (or ciliate), dull green to yellowish green in color and sometimes with russet colored and slightly transparent margins. The five petals are almost equal in size and spade-shape with rounded tips, 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long, pale yellow in color but often adorned with a vague or intense burgundy to purplish black blotch that may leave only the outer margin yellow. The posterior two petals are 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide, strongly curved backwards at their base and somewhat curved forwards at their tip. The anterior three petals are 2.5–6.0 mm (0.098–0.236 in) wide and less markedly reflexed. Four long and three short filaments initially carry anthers (best determined in a bud), three filaments are sterile. The pollen is bright yellow in color. The pale green, pear-shaped ovary is 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long and about 2.0 mm (0.079 in) wide, densely covered in hairs pointing to the tip. It is topped by a 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long style, that branches into five, reddish, curved stigmas.
Fruit and mericarps, showing plumes that assist distribution by wind and the coiled axil that aids in hygroscopic drilling to plant the seed
Like in all Geraniaceae, the fruit is reminiscent of the head and bill of a stork. It is schizocarp and consists of five units or mericarps. At the base of each mericarp is the enclosed seed that is 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long in the night-scented pelargonium, and a tail of 35–45 mm (1.4–1.8 in) long. The mericarps of Pelargonium are light and carry feather-like hairs to act like parachutes when dry and enable distribution by the wind. The awns of the mericarps coil when drying and uncoil when getting moist. These motions screw the seeds into the ground and in crevices.
Habitat:
The night-scented pelargonium is common in parts of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa, from the Cape Peninsula in the southwest to the Orange River in the north and Mossel Bay in the east. It can be found on coastal sands, but is also present on slopes up to an elevation of 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Across this entire region, most precipitation falls during the winter half year, but the annual rainfall varies over its distribution area from about 100 mm (3.9 in) to over 600 mm (24 in). It is most apparent in open areas, but as the fynbos develop, the plants get shaded by the surrounding shrubs and stop flowering. The large underground tuber, however, enables the plants to survive for many years and reappear after a fire has destroyed the above ground vegetation. The deep hypanthium and night scents are suggestive that the flowers are pollinated by night-active, long-tongued insects such as moths. In Pelargonium, the seed capsule splits open along its length when dry, so releasing the seeds. The seed is dispersed on the wind carried by its feathery plumes. Each seed has a section in its tail that is spiraled when dry and uncoils when moist. Once the seed settles on the soil, it drills into the soil as it coils and uncoils with varying moisture. The continued survival of the night-scented pelargonium is considered to be of least concern.
Night scented Pelargonium, Pelargonium triste, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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The night-scented pelargonium is a geophyte, usually about 25 cm (9.8 in), exceptionally up to 50 cm (20 in) high, that loses all above ground parts when it enters dormancy during the dry, hot summer. It lacks spines. From the subterranean rootstock emerge tuberous roots. The stems are hard and woody at their base and succulent towards their tip, initially green but eventually brown, and rough due to the scars left by discarded stipules and petioles. It is up to 15 cm (5.9 in) long and 0.5–1 cm (0.20–0.39 in) thick. The leaves in the basal rosette look somewhat like those of a carrot and are at least twice as long as wide, 10–45 cm (3.9–17.7 in) long and 4–15 cm (1.6–5.9 in) wide, on a petiole of up to 12 cm (4.7 in) long. These leaves may be upright or lay down. They are herbaceous, variably covered in short glandular hairs between short, whitish hairs. The rosette leaves are pinnately divided, the segments themselves mostly further pinnately divided or incised in linear leaflets or lobes, up to four times in total. The highest order leaflets are usually about 1 mm wide, but up to 8 mm wide in less divided leaves. The base of the segments is wedge-shaped or narrow into a stalk while the tips are rounded or squared-off, the margins entire and rolled upwards. The stipules are heart-shaped or oval with pointy tips, 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long and 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in) wide, thin and pliable becoming dry, and initially densely pubescent on the underside.
The flowers are 6 to 15 together in an umbel-like cluster on top of a sturdy unbranched peduncle of 5–25 cm (2.0–9.8 in) long and maximally 2.5 mm (0.098 in) in diameter. The part of the stalk of the individual flowers that contains the hollow, spur-like hypanthium is 30–55 mm (1.2–2.2 in) long, much longer than the remainder of the pedicel at its base that is up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long. The pedicel is densely set with straight, perpendicular (or strigose) hairs and with glandular hairs. The five sepals are 5–7 mm (0.20–0.28 in) long and 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) wide, narrowly oval in shape with pointy tips, the outside densely strigose and some glandular hairs, the inside hairless, the margins with a row of hairs (or ciliate), dull green to yellowish green in color and sometimes with russet colored and slightly transparent margins. The five petals are almost equal in size and spade-shape with rounded tips, 10–18 mm (0.39–0.71 in) long, pale yellow in color but often adorned with a vague or intense burgundy to purplish black blotch that may leave only the outer margin yellow. The posterior two petals are 4–8 mm (0.16–0.31 in) wide, strongly curved backwards at their base and somewhat curved forwards at their tip. The anterior three petals are 2.5–6.0 mm (0.098–0.236 in) wide and less markedly reflexed. Four long and three short filaments initially carry anthers (best determined in a bud), three filaments are sterile. The pollen is bright yellow in color. The pale green, pear-shaped ovary is 3.5–4.5 mm (0.14–0.18 in) long and about 2.0 mm (0.079 in) wide, densely covered in hairs pointing to the tip. It is topped by a 2.0–2.5 mm (0.079–0.098 in) long style, that branches into five, reddish, curved stigmas.
Fruit and mericarps, showing plumes that assist distribution by wind and the coiled axil that aids in hygroscopic drilling to plant the seed
Like in all Geraniaceae, the fruit is reminiscent of the head and bill of a stork. It is schizocarp and consists of five units or mericarps. At the base of each mericarp is the enclosed seed that is 7–10 mm (0.28–0.39 in) long in the night-scented pelargonium, and a tail of 35–45 mm (1.4–1.8 in) long. The mericarps of Pelargonium are light and carry feather-like hairs to act like parachutes when dry and enable distribution by the wind. The awns of the mericarps coil when drying and uncoil when getting moist. These motions screw the seeds into the ground and in crevices.
Habitat:
The night-scented pelargonium is common in parts of the Northern and Western Cape Provinces of South Africa, from the Cape Peninsula in the southwest to the Orange River in the north and Mossel Bay in the east. It can be found on coastal sands, but is also present on slopes up to an elevation of 1,800 m (5,900 ft). Across this entire region, most precipitation falls during the winter half year, but the annual rainfall varies over its distribution area from about 100 mm (3.9 in) to over 600 mm (24 in). It is most apparent in open areas, but as the fynbos develop, the plants get shaded by the surrounding shrubs and stop flowering. The large underground tuber, however, enables the plants to survive for many years and reappear after a fire has destroyed the above ground vegetation. The deep hypantium and night scents are suggestive that the flowers are pollinated by night-active, long-tongued insects such as moths. In Pelargonium, the seed capsule splits open along its length when dry, so releasing the seeds. The seed is dispersed on the wind carried by its feathery plumes. Each seed has a section in its tail that is spiraled when dry and uncoils when moist. Once the seed settles on the soil, it drills into the soil as it coils and uncoils with varying moisture. The continued survival of the night-scented pelargonium is considered to be of least concern.
Night scented Pelargonium, Pelargonium triste, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/500 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
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Moraea bellendenii is a Willowy-stemmed perennial, 50-100 cm, with a single, trailing bear; pale yellow flowers speckled in the center. The outer tepals are plus minus erect and cupped and the inner tepals are small and 3-lobed with a short, obliquely twisted central cusp; the flowers last several days.
Moraea bellendenii flowers during October and November in South Africa.
Habitat:
Moraea bellendenii grows in granitic, sandy or clay slopes in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Matrix Uintjie, Moraea bellendenii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Moraea bellendenii is a Willowy-stemmed perennial, 50-100 cm, with a single, trailing bear; pale yellow flowers speckled in the center. The outer tepals are plus minus erect and cupped and the inner tepals are small and 3-lobed with a short, obliquely twisted central cusp; the flowers last several days.
Moraea bellendenii flowers during October and November in South Africa.
Habitat:
Moraea bellendenii grows in granitic, sandy or clay slopes in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Matrix Uintjie, Moraea bellendenii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Moraea bellendenii is a Willowy-stemmed perennial, 50-100 cm, with a single, trailing bear; pale yellow flowers speckled in the center. The outer tepals are plus minus erect and cupped and the inner tepals are small and 3-lobed with a short, obliquely twisted central cusp; the flowers last several days.
Moraea bellendenii flowers during October and November in South Africa.
Habitat:
Moraea bellendenii grows in granitic, sandy or clay slopes in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Matrix Uintjie, Moraea bellendenii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/640 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Moraea bellendenii is a Willowy-stemmed perennial, 50-100 cm, with a single, trailing bear; pale yellow flowers speckled in the center. The outer tepals are plus minus erect and cupped and the inner tepals are small and 3-lobed with a short, obliquely twisted central cusp; the flowers last several days.
Moraea bellendenii flowers during October and November in South Africa.
Habitat:
Moraea bellendenii grows in granitic, sandy or clay slopes in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Matrix Uintjie, Moraea bellendenii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Moraea bellendenii is a Willowy-stemmed perennial, 50-100 cm, with a single, trailing bear; pale yellow flowers speckled in the center. The outer tepals are plus minus erect and cupped and the inner tepals are small and 3-lobed with a short, obliquely twisted central cusp; the flowers last several days.
Moraea bellendenii flowers during October and November in South Africa.
Habitat:
Moraea bellendenii grows in granitic, sandy or clay slopes in the Southwestern and Southern Cape.
Matrix Uintjie, Moraea bellendenii, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/400 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Torilis arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Hedge parsley tall sock-destroyer and common hedge parsley. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branching, rough-haired stem up to a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 centimeters long each. The leaflet is divided or deeply cut into segments or teeth. The inflorescence is a wide-open compound umbel of flower clusters on long, slender rays. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long and is coated in straight or curving prickles.
Habitat:
Torilis arvensisgrows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa. It is native to parts of Europe and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitats, especially disturbed areas.
Hedge Parsley, Torilisarvensis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/100 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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Torilis arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Hedge parsley tall sock-destroyer and common hedge parsley. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branching, rough-haired stem up to a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 centimeters long each. The leaflet is divided or deeply cut into segments or teeth. The inflorescence is a wide-open compound umbel of flower clusters on long, slender rays. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long and is coated in straight or curving prickles.
Habitat:
Torilis arvensisgrows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa. It is native to parts of Europe and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitats, especially disturbed areas.
Hedge Parsley, Torilisarvensis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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Torilis arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Hedge parsley tall sock-destroyer and common hedge parsley. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branching, rough-haired stem up to a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 centimeters long each. The leaflet is divided or deeply cut into segments or teeth. The inflorescence is a wide-open compound umbel of flower clusters on long, slender rays. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long and is coated in straight or curving prickles.
Habitat:
Torilis arvensisgrows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa. It is native to parts of Europe and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitats, especially disturbed areas.
Hedge Parsley, Torilis arvensis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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Torilis arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Hedge parsley tall sock-destroyer and common hedge parsley. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branching, rough-haired stem up to a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 centimeters long each. The leaflet is divided or deeply cut into segments or teeth. The inflorescence is a wide-open compound umbel of flower clusters on long, slender rays. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long and is coated in straight or curving prickles.
Habitat:
Torilis arvensisgrows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa. It is native to parts of Europe and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitats, especially disturbed areas.
Hedge Parsley, Torilisarvensis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/160 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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Torilis arvensis is a species of flowering plant in the family Apiaceae known by the common names Hedge parsley tall sock-destroyer and common hedge parsley. It is an annual herb producing a slender, branching, rough-haired stem up to a meter in maximum height. The alternately arranged leaves are each divided into several pairs of lance-shaped leaflets up to 6 centimeters long each. The leaflet is divided or deeply cut into segments or teeth. The inflorescence is a wide-open compound umbel of flower clusters on long, slender rays. Each flower has five petals which are unequal in size and are white with a pinkish or reddish tinge. Each greenish or pinkish fruit is 3 to 5 millimeters long and is coated in straight or curving prickles.
Habitat:
Torilis arvensisgrows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa. It is native to parts of Europe and it is known elsewhere, such as North America, as an introduced species and a common weed. It grows in many types of habitats, especially disturbed areas.
Hedge Parsley, Torilisarvensis, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Wikipedia
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Tribolium uniolae is a sparsely tufted perennial grass with erect culms 100-600mm tall. Inflorescence, 10-70 mm long, is a spike with spikelet’s, 4-6mm long and arranged in two rows. It has relatively few leaves. The leaf sheath has long white hairs at the sheath mouth.
Tribolium uniolae flowers mainly from September to December.
Habitat:
Tribolium uniolae grows in disturbed places such as road reserves; often slopes in South Africa.
Hare Grass, Tribolium uniolae , Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/5.6
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Guide to Grasses of Southern Africa by Frits van Oudtshoorn
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 185 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 185 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 185 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 185 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Albuca cooperi is a bulbous perennial, between 35-60cm, with the outer bulb tunics decaying into fibers at the top, and 2 or 3 slender, channeled leaves that clasp the stem in the lower part and are warty towards the base. It bears a raceme of fragrant, nodding yellow flowers with broad green bands. 15-25mm long; the inner petals have a hanging flap at the tip and the outer stamens are sterile.
Albuca cooperi flowers mainly from September to November.
Habitat:
Albuca cooperi can be found in stony, mostly sandy slopes and flats, sometimes limestone, from Namaqualand to the Eastern Cape.
Dainty Soldier-in-a-box, Albuca cooperi, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/320 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gerbera crocea is a tufted perennial to 40cm with a rosette of petiolate, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that are hairless to sparsely cobwebby beneath, their margins lightly toothed and rolled under.
Heads 12-23 mm long, 20-35 mm wide. Ray florets are very variable in color: pink or white, sometimes mauve, crimson, maroon, cream, reddish, magenta, purplish or yellowish-purple, in other cases white above, red-maroon to brownish-coppery below, or pinkish to mauve above, darker below. Disc florets reported as yellow or purple, tube 4-8 mm long, limbs 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Gerbera crocea flowers throughout the year but mainly from October to January.
Habitat:
Gerbera crocea can be found from the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to around Montagu and Bredasdorp -and as far northwards – as around Clanwilliam.
They are mainly found on hills and slopes, in stony and rocky, sandy soil, often on recently burnt ground, rarely in moist habitats; quite common.
Dailstee, Gerbera crocea, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gerbera crocea is a tufted perennial to 40cm with a rosette of petiolate, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that are hairless to sparsely cobwebby beneath, their margins lightly toothed and rolled under.
Heads 12-23 mm long, 20-35 mm wide. Ray florets are very variable in color: pink or white, sometimes mauve, crimson, maroon, cream, reddish, magenta, purplish or yellowish-purple, in other cases white above, red-maroon to brownish-coppery below, or pinkish to mauve above, darker below. Disc florets reported as yellow or purple, tube 4-8 mm long, limbs 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Gerbera crocea flowers throughout the year but mainly from October to January.
Habitat:
Gerbera crocea can be found from the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to around Montagu and Bredasdorp -and as far northwards – as around Clanwilliam.
They are mainly found on hills and slopes, in stony and rocky, sandy soil, often on recently burnt ground, rarely in moist habitats; quite common.
Dailstee, Gerbera crocea, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gerbera crocea is a tufted perennial to 40cm with a rosette of petiolate, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that are hairless to sparsely cobwebby beneath, their margins lightly toothed and rolled under.
Heads 12-23 mm long, 20-35 mm wide. Ray florets are very variable in color: pink or white, sometimes mauve, crimson, maroon, cream, reddish, magenta, purplish or yellowish-purple, in other cases white above, red-maroon to brownish-coppery below, or pinkish to mauve above, darker below. Disc florets reported as yellow or purple, tube 4-8 mm long, limbs 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Gerbera crocea flowers throughout the year but mainly from October to January.
Habitat:
Gerbera crocea can be found from the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to around Montagu and Bredasdorp -and as far northwards – as around Clanwilliam.
They are mainly found on hills and slopes, in stony and rocky, sandy soil, often on recently burnt ground, rarely in moist habitats; quite common.
Dailstee, Gerbera crocea, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Gerbera crocea is a tufted perennial to 40cm with a rosette of petiolate, lance-shaped to elliptical leaves that are hairless to sparsely cobwebby beneath, their margins lightly toothed and rolled under.
Heads 12-23 mm long, 20-35 mm wide. Ray florets are very variable in color: pink or white, sometimes mauve, crimson, maroon, cream, reddish, magenta, purplish or yellowish-purple, in other cases white above, red-maroon to brownish-coppery below, or pinkish to mauve above, darker below. Disc florets reported as yellow or purple, tube 4-8 mm long, limbs 2.5-3.5 mm long.
Gerbera crocea flowers throughout the year but mainly from October to January.
Habitat:
Gerbera crocea can be found from the Cape Peninsula and eastwards to around Montagu and Bredasdorp -and as far northwards – as around Clanwilliam.
They are mainly found on hills and slopes, in stony and rocky, sandy soil, often on recently burnt ground, rarely in moist habitats; quite common.
Dailstee, Gerbera crocea, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/250 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 200 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: Field Guide to Fynbos by John Manning
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Also known as Blue Sage, Wild Sage, Wilde Salie and Bloublomsalie.
Description:
Salvia africana is a decorative, aromatic shrub with medicinal properties. Keep it neat and pruned and it will reward you with flowers almost all year round.
It is a soft, greyish, hairy, much-branched shrub up to 2 m tall. The leaves are greenish on the upper surface, covered with grey hairs and dotted with glands on the lower surface, strongly aromatic, simple, opposite, obovate (egg-shaped but broader towards the tip) and sometimes toothed.
Flowers are produced from midwinter to midsummer (June to January) peaking in spring to early summer (Aug.-Dec.), in whorls, crowded at the tips of the stems. The corolla is two-lipped, the lips roughly equal in length; the upper lip is blue to bluish-purple or pinkish and hooded; the lower one is usually white in the center with darker spots, and is turned down at the edge, giving the impression of a gaping mouth.
The style is long, slender and curved, and sticks out beyond the hooded upper lip. The stamens are strangely shaped. The filament of each stamen is attached to one side of the lower part of the corolla tube. A cross-piece that is hinged so that it can move up and down is attached at the top end of the filament. This cross-piece carries the anther at one end and a ‘pedal’ at the other.
The ‘pedal’ is in fact the other half of the anther, transformed into a structure that a visiting bee has to press on as it probes for nectar, causing the hinged anther to move down and deposit pollen on the back of the bee. The calyx is funnel-shaped, dotted with glands and covered in long, silky grey hairs, green with pinkish purple tips. It persists long after the flower has dropped and enlarges at the fruiting stage, becoming thin, light and papery by the time the seeds are mature.
The fruit consists of four 1-seeded, small, rounded nutlets that are formed at the base of the flower, inside the calyx. They remain attached at the base of the calyx after the flower drops, falling out when mature.
Habitat:
Salvia africana is found on sandy slopes and flats from Namaqualand in the Northern Cape to the Cape Peninsula and Caledon in the Western Cape. It grows in fynbos.
Salvia africana is pollinated by bees and the flower is adapted to assist in pollination-see the description above to recap the structure of the flower. The bottom petal is a platform for the bee to land on. As it probes for nectar, it presses against the ‘pedal’, which causes the hinged anthers to move down and deposit pollen on the back of the bee, while the curved stigma collects pollen that it has already picked up from other flowers it visited previously.
Uses:
Many African salvias, including Salvia africana have long been used by the people of Africa as medicinal plants and to flavor food. A remedy made by mixing S. africana tea with Epsom salts and lemon juice was used by the early settlers in South Africa to treat stomach troubles, including colic, diarrhea, flatulence, heartburn, gripes and indigestion.
It was also given to cows after calving to help in the expulsion of the placenta. The Khoisan people used S. africana to treat coughs, colds and women’s ailments. The leaves, mixed with those of Ballota africana (kattekruie) were also used to treat fevers and measles.
Margaret Roberts recipe for sage tea is to pour one cup of boiling water over one tablespoon of fresh leaves, allow to draw for 5 minutes, sweeten with honey and add a slice of lemon for taste. To ease a cough, including whooping cough, sip a little frequently. To treat colds, flu and chest ailments and for painful or excessive menstruation, drink half a cup four times a day.
The tea is also an excellent gargle for sore throats and night coughing. Even chewing a fresh leaf will ease a sore throat and help restore a lost voice. This tea can also be used externally as a mildly antiseptic wash. A stronger brew using one tablespoon of fresh leaves chopped into one tablespoon of honey and two tablespoons of lemon juice makes a soothing cough mixture for a persistent cough: take one tablespoon every half hour until the cough eases.
African Blue Sage, Salvia africana, Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Location: Durbanville Nature Reserve, Durbanville, South Africa
Date Taken: 2020-10-25
Camera: Canon EOS 7D Mark II
Lens: Canon Zoom Lens EF-S 18-200 mm 3-5.6 IS
Exposure Program: Manual
Image Quality: RAW
F-Stop: f/7.1
Exposure Time: 1/200 sec
ISO Speed: ISO-100
Focal Length: 135 mm
Metering Mode: Spot Metering
Handheld
Post Processing: Adobe Photoshop CS6
Photographer: Coreen Kuhn
Information: PlantZafrica.com
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Also known as Blue Sage, Wild Sage, Wilde Salie and Bloublomsalie.
Description:
Salvia africana is a decorative, aromatic shrub with medicinal properties. Keep it neat and pruned and it will reward you with flowers almost all year round.
It is a soft, greyish, hairy, much-branched shrub up to 2 m tall. The leaves are greenish on the upper surface, covered with grey hairs and dotted with glands on the lower surface, strongly aromatic, simple, opposite, obovate (egg-shaped but broader towards the tip) and sometimes toothed.
Flowers are produced from midwinter to midsummer (June to January) peaking in spring to early summer (Aug.-Dec.), in whorls, crowded at the tips of the stems. The corolla is two-lipped, the lips roughly equal in length; the upper lip is blue to bluish-purple or pinkish and hooded; the lower one is usually white in the center with darker spots, and is turned down at the edge, giving the impression of a gaping mouth.
The style is long, slender and curved, and sticks out beyond the hooded upper lip. The stamens are strangely shaped. The filament of each stamen is attached to one side of the lower part of the corolla tube. A cross-piece that is hinged so that it can move up and down is attached at the top end of the filament. This cross-piece carries the anther at one end and a ‘pedal’ at the other.
The ‘pedal’ is in fact the other half of the anther, transformed into a structure that a visiting bee has to press on as it probes for nectar, causing the hinged anther to move down and deposit pollen on the back of the bee. The calyx is funnel-shaped, dotted with glands and covered in long, silky grey hairs, green with pinkish purple tips. It persists long after the flower has dropped and enlarges at the fruiting stage, becoming thin, light and papery by the time the seeds are mature.
The fruit consists of four 1-seeded, small, rounded nutlets that are formed at the base of the flower, inside the calyx. They remain attached at the base of the calyx after the flower drops, falling out when mature.
Habitat:
Salvia africana is found on sandy slopes and flats from Namaqualand in the Northern Cape to the Cape Peninsula and Caledon in the Western Cape. It grows in fynbos.
Salvia africana is pollinated by bees and the flower is adapted to assist in pollination-see the description above to recap the structure of the flower. The bottom petal is a platform for the bee to land on. As it probes for nectar, it presses against the ‘pedal’, which causes the hinged anthers to move down and deposit pollen on the back of the bee, while the curved stigma collects pollen that it has already picked up from other flowers it visited previously.
Uses:
Many African salvias, including Salvia africana have long been used by the people of Africa as medicinal plants and to flavor food. A remedy made by mixing S. africana tea with Epsom salts and lemon jui
