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- Wildlife supported: Butterflies
51
species found
| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
|---|---|---|---|
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Lanceleaf Sunfig
Aptenia lancifolia |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Succulent
|
|
Blue Bushviolet
Barleria obtusa |
|
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Perennial
Shrub
|
| Barleria ovata |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Sagewood
Buddleja salviifolia |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Fragrant
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Cape Chestnut
Calodendrum capense |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Dec
Tree
|
|
Num-num
Carissa bispinosa |
|
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
Tree
|
|
White Stinkwood
Celtis africana |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Tree
|
|
Butterfly Green Lily
Chlorophytum bowkeri |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Showy Blue Ear
Cyanotis speciosa |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Jan
Feb
Mar
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
South African Wild Pear
Dombeya rotundifolia |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Wild Apricot
Dovyalis zeyheri |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Edible
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Stamvrug
Englerophytum magalismontanum |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Tree
|
|
Heartleaf Eriosema
Eriosema cordatum |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Forb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Snowberrytree
Flueggea virosa |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Forest Kammetjie
Freesia grandiflora |
|
Butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
|
|
Terracotta Gazania
Gazania krebsiana |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Monkey beetles
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Velvet Raisin
Grewia flava |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Crossberry
Grewia occidentalis |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Scrambler
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Common Spikethorn
Gymnosporia buxifolia |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Lavender-tree
Heteropyxis natalensis |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Bicolour Vernonia
Hilliardiella oligocephala |
|
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Thatching Grass
Hyparrhenia hirta |
|
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Drought-resistant
Attractive
Useful
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Wild Jasmine
Jasminum multipartitum |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Scrambler
Shrub
|
|
Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Poker
Kniphofia porphyrantha |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Good garden plant
Attractive
Medicinal
Near water
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Bulb
Perennial
|
|
Cancer Bush
Lessertia frutescens |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
|
|
Bristle-leaved Red-top Grass
Melinis nerviglumis |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Sun
Climax species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Dec
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Natal Grass
Melinis repens |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Grass
|
|
Watermint
Mentha aquatica |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
In water
Near water
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Horse Mint
Mentha longifolia |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
In water
Near water
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Perennial
|
|
Cork Bush
Mundulea sericea |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Hedge
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Brittlewood
Nuxia congesta |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Basket Grass
Oplismenus hirtellus |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Grass
Ground cover
|
|
Jacket Plum
Pappea capensis |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Broadleaf Pentanisia
Pentanisia prunelloides |
|
Butterflies
Attractive
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Speckled Spur-flower
Plectranthus ciliatus |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Ground cover
Perennial
|
|
Wild Leadwort
Plumbago zeylanica |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Ground cover
Scrambler
Shrub
|
|
Bushman Grape
Rhoicissus tridentata |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Shrub
Tree
|
|
White Veld Violet
Ruellia patula |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
Shrub
|
|
Small Scabious
Scabiosa columbaria |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Medicinal
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Forb
Perennial
|
|
Nana Kunirhus
Searsia dentata |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Shrub
|
|
Succulent Bush Ragwort
Senecio barbertonicus |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Jun
Jul
Aug
Shrub
Succulent
|
|
Flame Thorn
Senegalia ataxacantha |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
|
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Shrub
Tree
|
|
Broadleaf Bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Useful
Near water
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Grass
Perennial
|
|
Maagbossie
Triumfetta sonderi |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Feb
Dec
Forb
Shrub
|
|
Pungent Wild Garlic
Tulbaghia acutiloba |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Forb
|
|
Little Paraseed
Ursinia nana |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Annual
Forb
|
|
Sweet Thorn
Vachellia karroo |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Wild-medlar
Vangueria infausta |
|
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
|
Buffalo-thorn
Ziziphus mucronata |
|
Bees
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
|
Feb
Dec
Tree
|
|
Dwarf Buffalothorn
Ziziphus zeyheriana |
|
Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
|
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Shrub
Tree
|