South African Wild Flowers Photo Gallery by dorff at pbase.com

South African Wild Flowers

The southern tip of Africa is blessed with a breathtaking diversity of wild flowers and other interesting plants. Sadly, pristine habitat is under severe pressure from alien vegetation, afforestation, residential development and agriculture. As a result, many species of wild flowers are becoming critically rare.

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Seed pod of Acacia mellifera	Aloe fosterii?, Asphodelaceae, Ohrigstad, Mpumalanga	Coleonema alba (Buchu), Rutaceae, Cape Peninsula	Crassula (dichotoma?), Crassulaceae, Cape Peninsula	Unidentified Dimorphoteca, Asteraceae, Cape Peninsula
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis (Bokbaaivygie), Aizoaceae, Cape Peninsula	Euphorbia caput-medusae, Euphorbiaceae, Cape Peninsula	Drimia uniflora (Fairy bell), Hyacinthaceae, Pilgrim's Rest, Mpumalanga	Heliophila linearis var reticulata, Brassicaceae, Cape Peninsula	Huernia transvaalensis (Carrion flower), Apocynaceae, Broederstroom, North West
Adenium obesum (Impala lily), Apocynaceae, Nelspruit, Mpumalanga	Sutera/Jamesbrittenia/Lyperia sp. (tristis?), Scrophulariaceae, Cape Peninsula	Leucospermum gueinzii (Pincushion), Proteaceae, Jonkershoek, Western Cape	Manulea tomentosa, Scrophulariaceae, Cape Peninsula	Tinnea galpinii (?), Lamiaceae, Roossenekal, Mpumalanga
Nemesia versicolor, Scrophulariaceae, Cape Peninsula	Pelargonium cucullatum, Geraniaceae, Cape Peninsula	Pelargonium myrrhifolium, Geraniaceae, Jonkershoek, Western Cape	Senecio tamoides, Asteraceae, Woodbush, Limpopo	Sutera grandiflora, Scrophulariaceae, Roossenekal, Mpumalanga
Tetragonia fruticosa, Aizoaceae, Cape Peninsula	Wahlenbergia caledonica, Campanulaceae, Trichardt, Mpumalanga	Albuca cooperi, Hyacinthaceae, Cape Town	Aristea africana, Iridaceae, Jonkershoek	Geisorrhiza schinzii, Iridaceae, Houwhoek Pass
Moraea barnardi, Iridaceae, near Caledon. Very rare.	Tritonia lineata, Iridaceae, Caledon	Scadoxus puniceus, Amaryllidaceae, Durban, occurring widespread	Cyrtanthus staadensis, Amaryllidaceae, Eastern Cape. Very rare.	Thunbergia natalensis, Acanthaceae
Xerophyta adendorffii (Behnke) sp nova, Velloziaceae, mountains in Northwest Province	Nymphaea nouchali, Nymphaeaceae	Gazania krebsiana, Asteraceae	Xerophyta retinervis, Velloziaceae	Xerophyta retinervis, Velloziaceae
Jamesbrittenia aurantiaca, Scrophulariaceae	Heliophila sp., Brassicaceae	Old and new	Geranium sp., Geraniaceae, Somerset-East

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veronica holland		08-Nov-2016 09:40
Please can you identify the flower we saw over the weekend on Silvermine.

Ina		07-Sep-2015 05:34
I grew up in the Caledon district and remember picking 'Trompetters' and 'Afrikaners' alongside the gravel road as I walked to school. They normally flower in October and have a very beautiful perfume. I have no idea of their botanical name and tried to find pictures of them to show my friends here in Australia. Do you have any idea of the flowers I'm referring to, if so do you have any pictures?

david williams		20-Sep-2014 16:38
Can you I'd these 2 wild flowers for me bulbs cone head of small flower opening from the bottom on a long single stem coming from onion like lily leaves gry/blue/green leaves , the other red orange 5petal flat open scater on 3 branches from a single stem iris type gras leafs not higer than a foot. Dave.patience@yahoo.com

Lois		31-Jul-2013 13:53
I am specifically looking for a wild flower from the Drakensberg Mountains at the sight of the "three rondavels." It has a green center with tightly curled petals. Seen mid may this year.

guest		26-Dec-2012 21:04
Hi.hope you can help just got me a fantastic and most beautiful plant,which was told to me that it is an indoor and outdoor plant.the problem is that i don't know the name.hope that you can help,let me try and describe it to you. Looks like a cactus type with a gorgeous pink flower that looks like a protea flower.hoping i did not confuse you much.if you can help me out with the name,it will be highly appreciated . Thanking you Soraya

Bebe		29-May-2012 19:37
I love to do paper quilling and your photos are wonder full whenI do pictures of Girraffe and leopard And elphants i use the picture as a guidline for native plants for the background

Genevieve		23-Feb-2012 14:01
Wow, that's exactly what I have been photographing for a number of years now and also would love to identify some of the species.

Betty Engelbrecht		08-Feb-2012 15:15
I have been doing a lot of wild flower photography recently and have bought books on the cape flora to help me identify some of the smaller and lesser known specie but there are some I have not been able to trace. Do you identify or know someone who does from photos?? My huband and I both love the tiny little specimen that so many people miss as well as the different protea that we can find growing wild. We even found a white king protea the other day. I could not believe my eyes. Can you help me find someone who will be able to identify from photos??

Betty Engelbrecht		08-Feb-2012 15:11
I have been doing a lot of wild flower photography recently and have bought books on the cape flora to help me identify some of the smaller and lesser known specie but there are some I have not been able to trace. Do you identify or know someone who does from photos?? My huband and I both love the tiny little specimen that so many people miss as well as the different protea that we can find growing wild. We even found a white king protea the other day. I could not believe my eyes. Can you help me find someone who will be able to identify from photos??

M.R.Tarkunde		26-Dec-2011 11:47
We are developing a TOTALLY ECO FRIENDLY HILL STATION in Madhya pradesh, India. There is a small valley next to the proposed townshipWHICH WE PROPOSE TO CONVERT INTO vALLY OF FLOWERS. Two types of wild flowers can be seen in the area, Zenia and yellow cosmos. Marigold of Indian wild veriety are also there but they are being cultivated. I was recently in South Africa and was impressed by the colours and shapes of wide range of flowers. I wish I could have them in our proposed VALLEY OF FLOWERS. For this I want 2 kg seed of at least 10 verieties. We are at 2400 feet above sea level at N 21-42 33.71, E 78-24-02.16. Temp. is 40 cel to 5 cel. Pl let me know if I can get the seeds, app. cost, who will supply and arrange the packing and forwarding etc. anyone reading this may send suggestions if any. Thanks mrtarkunde@rediffmail.com

Guest		08-Jan-2011 19:52
thank you so much dorff do you have a personal email i could contact you at. i am facinated about these flowers and i would love to learn more about them from you. thanks cindy:-]

dorff		01-Jan-2011 13:18
Cindy, Of course new species are constantly discovered, and others go extinct, so the number is not fixed, but it is around 23000 for South Africa alone. This includes things that some will not consider to be flowers but technically are, such as grasses, and also non-flowering plants such as ferns and mosses and conifers such as cycads and cedars. South Africa has a huge percentage of endemic species, because of the uniqueness of the Cape Floral Kingdom and its allied regions to the east and the north.

cindy stewart		30-Dec-2010 23:39
Im doing project on african wildflowere and one of the things i need to answer is how many species there are.If anyone knows and could answer i would be very grateful. thanks

Guest		27-May-2010 23:36
thanks for the beautiful photos

mahlogonolo		12-Nov-2009 12:17
i love the nature of south africa

Guest		14-Jul-2009 18:22
i love my home land i miss it

dorff		16-Jun-2009 13:47
Victor, Huernia is a Stapeliad, which is part of the larger group of Asclepiads, all of which are now included under Apocynaceae along with Periplocaceae and others. Whether you place it under Stapeliaceae, Asclepdiadaceae or Apocynaceae makes little difference, as the genus has not been overhauled.

Victor Gonz�lez		16-Jun-2009 01:47
There is a error, Huernia transvaalensis is not the family Apocynaceae, it is the family Asclepiadaceae...

Ulla Kruys		21-May-2009 14:53
Thanks for this beautiful and interesting gallery! v

Guest		21-Jan-2009 07:13
very nice planes

Twumasi Evans		10-Jun-2008 19:24
what type of insect destroys the aristea africana

Guest		09-Jan-2008 23:39
thanks ireally needed this website for my homework. they are really pretty. it has prety colors on all of them.

Guest		06-Jan-2008 18:08
Thank you for lifting my soul with such beautiful photos!

Esa Ervasti		29-Dec-2007 11:07
Very nice photography. Hopefully you can get more images of these flowers in that area, before it vanish under pressure :(

Ursula		04-Aug-2007 15:58
Help - where can we buy Xerophyta retinervis and can it be shipped to Scotland ??

nettie		17-Jun-2007 17:56
thanks for all the beautiful images here, a truly great place to have arrived at accidentally, I shall return!

manuel		09-Apr-2007 14:02
I just give tanks and paises to the most high.

Guest		07-Apr-2007 16:45
Truly is a beautiful colecction of georgeous wild flowers. Imean just look at the beautiful colors and you did a great photography job at these extract pictures of wild flowers. You defenitley diserve a blue ribbon for these pretty pitures. I mean just look at them they are just wow!!!!!!

Guest		07-Apr-2007 16:40
My dad is getting a South African Beorboel and he wants to name it an African wild flower so we looked here and it is a beautiful collection of wild flowers.

Andrey Wagner		15-Sep-2006 16:27
Very beautiful collection!!! V

Robert Charity		10-Sep-2006 15:51
wow - this is a really nice collections of flower images - South Aferica seems to have some very nice and differnt flowers - V

G. Talmage		16-Mar-2006 18:37
I have spent 51 years in South Africa and miss it now that we are retired in the States.The flowers are beautiful. I am trying to identify a large star shaped flower that my friend has in her garden near the Hartebeespoort Dam. It is in a photo that I received. It seemingly is pink on the outside when it is closed. As it opens, it is almost a flesh color and in the center is red heart shaped (design) not sure how to express it.

Guest		08-Oct-2005 12:31
South Africa is truly a wonderful country, and you have brought some of its diverse wildflowers to life. Thanks for that. MC

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