Braamfontein Spruit Ecological Corridor

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

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

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The following 72 species were imported from this document.

Brooms-an-brushes

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

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

Cockatoo Grass

Alloteropsis semialata
  • Semi-shade Sun

Spotted Aloe

Aloe greatheadii
  • Flowering:
    May Jun Jul Aug

Transvaal Aloe

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

Stab Grass

Andropogon schirensis

Anthospermum hispidulum
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Nov Dec

Sixweeks Three-awn

Aristida adscensionis
  • Semi-shade Sun

Tassle Three-awn

Aristida congesta congesta
  • Semi-shade Sun

Perennial Tufted Grass

Aristida transvaalensis

Catthorn Asparagus

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

Baboon Onion

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

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

False Love Grass

Bewsia biflora
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Purple Plume Grass

Bothriochloa insculpta
  • Semi-shade Sun

Red-topped Signal Grass

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

Bulbostylis burchellii
  • Semi-shade Sun

Buffelgrass

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

Napier Millet

Cenchrus geniculatus
  • Grazers/browsers

Rhodes Grass

Chloris gayana
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Easy to grow
    Birds Grazers/browsers

Spider Web Chloris

Chloris pycnothrix
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Feather Finger Grass

Chloris virgata
  • Flowering:
    Feb Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Easy to grow
    Birds Grazers/browsers

Hairy Pricklehead

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

Showy Blue Ear

Cyanotis speciosa
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Easy to grow
    Bees Butterflies

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

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

Broad-leaved Turpentine Grass

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

Narrowleaf Turpentine Grass

Cymbopogon pospischilii
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Bermuda Grass

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

Grassveld Karmedik

Dicoma anomala
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Nov Dec
    Semi-shade Sun

Broad-leaved Blue Stem

Diheteropogon amplectens
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Wire Grass

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

Soft Feather Pappus Grass

Enneapogon cenchroides
  • Semi-shade Sun

Cape Love Grass

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

African Love Grass

Eragrostis curvula
  • Sun
    Birds Grazers/browsers

Gum Grass

Eragrostis gummiflua
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Birds

Narrow Heart Love Grass

Eragrostis racemosa
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Birds Grazers/browsers

Caterpillar Grass

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

Wrinkly Everlasting

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

Tanglehead

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

Thatching Grass

Hyparrhenia hirta
  • Flowering:
    Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Butterflies Grazers/browsers

Cogon Grass

Imperata cylindrica
  • Flowering:
    Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Easy to grow
    Birds

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

Charm Trembletop

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

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

Common Russet Grass

Loudetia simplex
  • Semi-shade Sun

Bristle-leaved Red-top Grass

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

Melinis repens grandiflora
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Natal Grass

Melinis repens repens
  • Flowering:
    Jan Feb Sep Oct Nov Dec
    Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Microchloa afra

Boat Grass

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

Grassland Vleiweed

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

Cats Whiskers

Ocimum obovatum obovatum
  • Flowering:
    Aug Sep Oct Nov
    Semi-shade Sun

Natal Buffalo Grass

Panicum natalense
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Birds

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

Purple Spike Grass

Perotis patens
  • Semi-shade Sun

Jersey Cudweed

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

Crimson Bluestem

Schizachyrium sanguineum
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Broom Ragwort

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

Vlei Bristle Grass

Setaria nigrirostris
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Setaria pumila pallidefusca
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Golden Bristle Grass

Setaria sphacelata sericea
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Birds Grazers/browsers

African Bristlegrass

Setaria sphacelata sphacelata
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Birds Grazers/browsers

Hooked Bristle Grass

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

Parramatta Grass

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

Fringed Dropseed

Sporobolus pectinatus
  • Semi-shade Sun

Kangaroo Grass

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

Spiked Crinkleawn

Trachypogon spicatus
  • Semi-shade Sun

African Bur-grass

Tragus berteronianus
  • Semi-shade Sun

Rolling Grass

Trichoneura grandiglumis
  • Semi-shade Sun

Hairy Trident Grass

Tristachya leucothrix
  • Semi-shade Sun
    Grazers/browsers

Tristachya rehmannii
  • Semi-shade Sun

Quinine Grass

Urelytrum agropyroides
  • Semi-shade Sun

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