Tuesday 5 May 2020

Month 2 of Lockdown - now at level 4. Photos from within 5 km of home

 We have endured a full Covid 19 level 5 lockdown since the 26th of March and now we are finding our way through a slightly relaxed level 4 lockdown since the 1st of May. This allows us to walk or exercise within 5 km from home between the hours of 06h00 and 09h00, and it is great to be able to get out of the house.

This should allow us to find a bigger spectrum of flowering plants even though we are now definitely into autumn. Once again, this post is an incremental one with contributions from our CREW group. Under the circumstances, I am breaking a self-imposed restriction of not repeating species covered in the previous month's post.

Adenia gummifera


Aloe arborescens 

Aloe maculata

Aloe suprafoliata


Aloe thraskii


Aloidendron barberae


Aneilema aequinoctiale 

Athrixia phylicoides (TT)


Barleria obtusa (blue), repens (red) and prionitis (yellow) (TT)

Berkheya speciosa (TT)


Callilepis laureola (DM)


Canavalia rosaea


Carpobrotus dimidiata


Chlorophytum saundersiae


Clematis brachiata


Commelina eckloniana


Crassula spathulata (DM)

Crassocephalum crepidioides (TT)


Craterostigma nanum

Crocosmia aurea fruits


Cryptocarya wyliei fruit


Curio radicans


Cyanotis speciosa (DM)


Cycnium tubulosum


Cynanchum natalitium

Delosperma vinaceum


Dicliptera clinopodia


Dicliptera heterostegia


Dimorphotheca fruticosa

Diospyros scabrida

Dissotis canescens (TT)
 
Distephanus angulifolius


Erythrina caffra


Eugenia capensis subsp. guenzii (DM)


Gazania rigens


Gymnanthmum corymbosum seed heads

Gymnosporia bachmannii (DM)


Halleria lucida (MA)

Halleria lucida (white form) (MA)


Helichrysum decorum


Helichrysum griseum


Helichrysum pannosum (DM)


Helichrysum populifolium


Heliophila subulata (DM)


Hewittia malabarica (DM)

Hypoxis hemerocallidea (TT)

Indigofera hendecaphylla

Indigofera natalensis (DM)


Indigofera sp. nov. (DM)

Justicia protracta (TT)


Kalanchoe crenata

Kalanchoe rotundifolia


Lagenaria sphaerica


Lasiosiphon anthylloides (DM)


Lobelia tomentosa (DM)

Maytenus abbottii (MA)


Maytenus oleosa (DM)

Microcoelia exilis (DM)


Momordica balsamina


Oldenlandia affinis (DM)


Pelargonium capitatum


Pentanisia prunelloides (DM)


Plecostachys serpyllifolia (DM)


Psychotria capensis (MA)


Pupalia lapacea


Rhoicissus tridentata (DM)


Rhynchosia caribea (DM)


Samolus porosus


Scaevola plumieri


Selago tarachodes (DM)

Senecio macroglossoides


Senecio speciosus


Senecio tamoides

Silene burchellii


Silene burchellii (GB-W)

Solanum africanum

Solanum giganteum (TT)

Tecomaria capensis


Thesium angulosum (DM)


Thunbergia dregeana


Tinnea barbata


Trema orientalis


Triglochin striata


Tritonia distichia (DM)


Voacanga thouarsii


Voacanga thouarsii fruits


Zornia capensis (DM)
Participants: Dorothy M, Graham G, Gail B-W, Maggie A, Tracy T.