| Oedera speciosa | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Oedera |
| Species: | O. speciosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Oedera speciosa (DC.) N.G.Bergh | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Oedera speciosa is a shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae, indigenous to the southern Cape, South Africa.
Oedera speciosa is a shrub that reaches a height of 1-2 meters (the tallest in its genus), with stiff, recurved leaves. The leaves have distinctive lines on their underside, and smooth upper surface. [2]
It occurs in rocky, mountainous Fynbos vegetation, in the southern regions of the Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa. [3]
Aristaloe is a genus of evergreen flowering perennial plants in the family Asphodelaceae from Southern Africa. Its sole species is Aristaloe aristata, known as guinea-fowl aloe or lace aloe.
Kumara is a genus of two species of flowering plants in the subfamily Asphodeloideae, native to the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Aloe speciosa is a species of flowering plant in the Asphodelaceae family. It is commonly called tilt-head aloe and is an arborescent aloe indigenous to the thicket vegetation of the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.
Oedera capensis is a prickly shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae. It has stems that branch only at the foot and are densely set over their entire length with narrowly triangular leathery leaves with a sharp tip at approximately right angles to the stem. At their tip are what at first sight appears to be a single flowerhead with yellow ray florets and yellow disc florets. In fact, these are mostly nine densely cropped heads, as is suggested by the nine domes of the "disc" of the composite head, the untidy arrangement of the ray florets, and becomes very clear when cutting through the composite head. It is an endemic of the south of the Western Cape province in South Africa.
Moraea polystachya is a species of plant in the family Iridaceae native to southern Africa.
Drimia exuviata ("Gifbol") is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Scilloideae, indigenous to the south-western parts of South Africa.
Cyanella lutea is a species of cormous herb, native to South Africa and southern Namibia, where it grows in clay-rich or loamy soils.
Drosanthemum micans, is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae, indigenous to the Robertson Karoo and Overberg regions of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Oedera imbricata is a prickly shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Oedera uniflora ("Kalksteenperdekaroo") is a prickly shrublet belonging to the family Asteraceae.
Oedera garnotii is a shrublet belonging to the daisy family, indigenous to the southern Overberg region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa.
Oedera calycina is a shrublet belonging to the daisy family. It is found in rocky Fynbos and Renosterveld vegetation, growing in rocky, loamy or sandy soil, in the Western Cape Province and Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
Asparagus mucronatus ("Katdoring") is a thorny shrub or creeper of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.
Asparagus multiflorus is a robust shrub or climber of the Asparagus genus, that is indigenous to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.
Protea speciosa, also known as the brown-beard sugarbush, is a flowering shrub which is classified as within the genus Protea.
Ornithoglossum undulatum, also known as the Karoo Slangkop, is a species of flowering plant in the family Colchicaceae. It is found in Southern Namibia and South Africa. In South Africa its range extends as far east as Somerset East in Eastern Cape Province. O. undulatum is a poisonous plant, and consumption of the leaves can kill livestock.
Hibiscus aethiopicus is a small, prostrate to semi-erect herbaceous perennial in the family Malvaceae, indigenous to eastern and southern Africa.
Isoetes stellenbossiensis, the Stellenbosch quillwort or Cape Flats quillwort, is a species of plant from South Africa.
Cheiridopsis speciosa is a species of plant from South Africa.
Albuca acuminata is a species of small, perennial, bulbous plant in the asparagus family. It is native to southern Africa from Namibia to the Cape Province of South Africa, where it occurs in rocky areas, as far east as Port Alfred.