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| Name | Vegetation type(s) | Features | Flowers & type |
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Black Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum capillus-veneris |
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Medicinal
Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Mexican Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum poiretii poiretii |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Grassveld Tree Fern
Alsophila dregei |
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Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Near water
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Gauteng
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Fern
Tree
|
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Scented Fern
Anemia caffrorum |
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Drought-resistant
Attractive
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Sprenger's Asparagus
Asparagus densiflorus |
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Bees
Birds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Dec
Perennial
Shrub
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African Broom Asparagus
Asparagus virgatus |
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Birds
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Perennial
Shrub
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| Asplenium adiantum-nigrum |
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Attractive
Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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African Spleenwort
Asplenium aethiopicum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Scaly Fern
Asplenium cordatum |
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Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Pointed Hard Fern
Blechnum attenuatum giganteum |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Southern Hard Fern
Blechnum australe |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Silver Fern
Cerosora argentea |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Fairy Stars
Chaetacanthus setiger |
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Good garden plant
Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Ground cover
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| Cheilanthes involuta involuta |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Hard Lip Fern
Cheilanthes viridis glauca |
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Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Butterfly Green Lily
Chlorophytum bowkeri |
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Bees
Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Dec
Bulb
Ground cover
Perennial
|
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Lobster Flower
Coleus neochilus |
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Bees
Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
Succulent
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Dwarf Striped Umbrella Sedge
Cyperus albostriatus |
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Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Perennial
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| Dicliptera eenii |
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Good garden plant
Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Ground cover
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Small Fortnight Lily
Dietes iridioides |
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Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
Perennial
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Bladder Nut
Diospyros whyteana |
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Bees
Birds
Good garden plant
Hedge
Attractive
Edible
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Shade
Sun
Egoli Granite Grassland
Gauteng
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
|
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Grassland Fern
Dryopteris athamantica |
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Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Thin-stemmed Forest Fern
Dryopteris inaequalis inaequalis |
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Medicinal
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Branched Horsetail
Equisetum ramosissimum |
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Medicinal
Near water
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Forest Kammetjie
Freesia grandiflora |
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Butterflies
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
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Woolly Lipfern
Hemionitis hirta |
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Drought-resistant
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Green Cliff Brake
Hemionitis viridis viridis |
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Drought-resistant
Near water
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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White Ribbon Flower
Hypoestes forskaolii |
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Good garden plant
Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Ground cover
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Wild Jasmine
Jasminum multipartitum |
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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
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Feb
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Scrambler
Shrub
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Wild Peach
Kiggelaria africana |
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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
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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Staghorn Clubmoss
Lycopodiella cernua |
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Attractive
Medicinal
Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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| Marsilea macrocarpa |
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Grazers/browsers
Edible
In water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Basket Grass
Oplismenus hirtellus |
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Birds
Butterflies
Good garden plant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Dec
Grass
Ground cover
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American Royal Fern
Osmunda regalis |
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Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
In water
Near water
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Gauteng
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Fern
Perennial
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Hard Fern
Pellaea calomelanos |
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Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Attractive
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Fern
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Hard Fern
Pellaea calomelanos calomelanos |
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Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Rocky habitat
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Speckled Spur-flower
Plectranthus ciliatus |
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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
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Vicks Plant
Plectranthus hadiensis |
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Good garden plant
Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Ground cover
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Whorled Plectranthus
Plectranthus verticillatus |
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Drought-resistant
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Ground cover
Perennial
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Wild Leadwort
Plumbago zeylanica |
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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
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Ground cover
Scrambler
Shrub
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Common Bracken
Pteridium aquilinum aquilinum |
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Edible
Semi-shade
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Cretan Brake
Pteris cretica |
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Attractive
Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Ladder Brake
Pteris vittata |
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Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Bushman Grape
Rhoicissus tridentata |
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Birds
Butterflies
Sunbirds
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Hedge
Edible
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Climber
Shrub
Tree
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Mother-in-law's Tongue
Sansevieria aethiopica |
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Good garden plant
Semi-shade
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Succulent
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Paintbrush Lily
Scadoxus puniceus |
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Bees
Birds
Sunbirds
Good garden plant
Good potplant
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Soil: loam
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Bulb
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Mitten's Spikemoss
Selaginella mittenii |
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Near water
Rocky habitat
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Nasturtium Ragwort
Senecio oxyriifolius |
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Bees
Drought-resistant
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Perennial
Succulent
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Broadleaf Bristlegrass
Setaria megaphylla |
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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
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Feb
Grass
Perennial
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Hooked Bristle Grass
Setaria verticillata |
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Grazers/browsers
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: loam
Gauteng
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Dec
Annual
Grass
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African Stachys
Stachys aethiopica |
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Bees
Good potplant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Fragrant
Medicinal
Useful
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Pioneer species
Soil: clay
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Ground cover
Perennial
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| Stipa dregeana |
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Birds
Grazers/browsers
Good garden plant
Attractive
Shade
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Grass
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Swamp Fern
Thelypteris confluens |
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Attractive
Near water
Shade
Gauteng
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Fern
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Wild-medlar
Vangueria infausta |
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Birds
Butterflies
Drought-resistant
Easy to grow
Attractive
Edible
Medicinal
Semi-shade
Shade
Sun
Soil: loam
Soil: sandy
Egoli Granite Grassland
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Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Tree
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