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Flowering plants on the Mogalakwena Reserves (excl. trees and Poaceae)

Amaranthaceae (amaranthus family)
     Hermbstaedtia odorata - cat's tail
     Kyphocarpa angustifolia - hare's tail bush

Amaryllidaceae (amaryllis family)
     Ammocharis coranica - ground lily
     Crinum macowanii - river crinum
     Scadoxus puniceus - blood lily

Apocynaceae (oleander family)
     Adenium multiflorum - impala lily

Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family)
     Asclepias fruticosa - milkweed

Asparagaceae (asparagus family)
     Asparagus africanus - wild asparagus
     Asparagus plumosus - asparagus fern

Asteraceae (daisy family)
     Bidens pilosa - blackjack or cobbler's peg
     Nidorella resedifolia nidorella -
     Senecio strictifolius - ragwort
     Berkheya zeyheri subsp. Zeyheri -
     Dicoma tomentosa - doll's protea

Capparaceae (caper family)
     Cleome angustifolia - yellow mouse-whiskers
     Cleome hirta - pretty or painted lady
     Cleome kalachariensis - Kalahari spider wisp

Commelinaceae (commelina family)
     Cyanotis speciosa - doll's powderpuff

Convolvulaceae (morning-glory family)
     Merremia tridentata subsp. angustifolia var. angustifolia -

Crassulaceae (tacky family)
     Kalanchoe rotundifolia - nentabos, plakkie
     Kalanchoe thyrsiflora - white lady, geelplakkie, plakkie

Cucurbitaceae (pumkin family)
     Cucumis africanus - wild cucumber

Cyperaceae (sedge family)
     Cyperus dives - sedge sp.
     Cyperus rupestris - sedge sp.

Dracaenaceae (dracaena family)
     Sansevieria hyacinthoides - mother-in-law's tongue
     Sansevieria pearsonii - gemsbok horn / mother-in-law's tongue

Fabaceae (bean or pod-bearing family)
     Crotalaria globifera -
     Crotalaria sphaerocarpa - wild lucerne
     Abrus precatorius - luckybean creeper
     Senna italica subsp. arachoides - eland's pea / wild senna
     Indigofera hedyantha - aambeibossie
     Mucuna coriacea - buffalo bean

Lamiaceae (sage family)
     Ocimum canum - wild basil
     Leonotis sp. - wild dagga
     Acrotome hispida -

Loranthaceae
     Erianthemum dregei - mistletoe

Malvaceae (cotton family)
     Abutilon angulatum - elephant ear
     Hibiscus calyphyllus - wild stockrose
     Sida cordifolia - flannel weed

Orchidaceae (orchid family)
     Eulophia welwitschii -

Passifloraceae (passion fruit family)
     Adenia spinosa - spiny greenstem, elephant's foot

Pedialiceae (sesame family)
     Ceratothega triloba - wild foxglove
     Holubia saccata -
     Sesamum triphyllum - wild sesame
     Dicerocaryum eriocarpum - devil's thorn

Polygonaceae (rhubarb family)
     Persicaria sp. -

Scrophulariaceae (snapdragon family)
     Nemesia versicolor - leeubekkie
     Aptosimum lineare -

Solanaceae (potato family)
     Solanum panduriforme - poison apple

Turneraceae (wormskioldia family)
     Tricliceras spp - lion's eye

Zygophyllaceae
     Tribulus terrestris - devil's thorn
     Zygophyllum morgsana - tortoise bush