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Osteospermum Spinosum
''Osteospermum spinosum'' is a species of plant from South Africa. Description This strongly and intricately branched shrub is aromatic and somewhat sticky. It grows up to tall.e-Flora of South Africa. v1.36. 2022. South African National Biodiversity Institute. http://ipt.sanbi.org.za/iptsanbi/resource?r=flora_descriptions&v=1.36 Branchlets and stems develop from spikes and remain thorny. Pale yellow flowers occur at the ends of the branches. They are most commonly present between May and October. After they fall and die, the stem holding them may be modified into spines. The achenes (small, dry fruit that contain a single seed) are dry and angled. They are about long. Distribution and habitat This species is endemic to South Africa. It is found in the Pakhuis Pass, Pakhuis Mountains, the Tulbagh, Tulbagh Mountains and the Riviersonderend Mountains. It grows on gravelly slopes and flats, mostly at lower elevations. References Calenduleae Endemic flora of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinces of South Africa, nine provinces are bounded to the south by of coastline that stretches along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Ocean; to the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia, Botswana, and Zimbabwe; to the east and northeast by Mozambique and Eswatini; and it encloses Lesotho. Covering an area of , the country has Demographics of South Africa, a population of over 64 million people. Pretoria is the administrative capital, while Cape Town, as the seat of Parliament of South Africa, Parliament, is the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein is regarded as the judicial capital. The largest, most populous city is Johannesburg, followed by Cape Town and Durban. Cradle of Humankind, Archaeological findings suggest that various hominid species existed in South Africa about 2.5 million years ago, and modern humans inhabited the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakhuis Pass
Pakhuis Pass is a mountain pass on the R364 (South Africa), R364 in the northern Cederberg in South Africa. The pass connects Clanwilliam, Western Cape, Clanwilliam to Calvinia. A turnoff from the pass heads southeast to the Biedouw Valley and Wupperthal. The pass is 25 km long, reaches an altitude of 905 m at a gradient of 1:9. History The pass was built between 1875 and 1877 by Thomas Charles John Bain, Thomas Bain. The pass was improved for the first time in the 1960s and was tarred in 2009. In December 1946, a Junkers Ju 86 aircraft (flight SAAF 647) of the South African Air Force crashed into the 1 077 Pakhuis Peak in misty weather, killing everyone on board. The plane was on route to Cape Town from Pretoria with a cargo of plywood. Features During construction, Thomas Charles John Bain, Thomas Bain discovered many important San (people), San rock art, rock paintings in the area. The grave of the poet C. Louis Leipoldt is situated on the pass 15 km from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tulbagh
Tulbagh (), previously named Roodezand, then Land van Waveren later in 1804 named after Cape of Good Hope Governor Ryk Tulbagh, is a town located in the "Land van Waveren" mountain basin (also known as the Tulbagh basin), in the Cape Winelands District Municipality, Winelands of the Western Cape, South Africa. The basin is fringed on three sides by mountains, and is drained by the Klein Berg River and its tributaries. The nearest towns are Ons Rust and Gouda, Western Cape, Gouda beyond the Nuwekloof Pass, Wolseley, Western Cape, Wolseley some to the south inside the basin, and Ceres, Western Cape, Ceres and Prince Alfred Hamlet beyond Michell's Pass in the Warm Bokkeveld. History The basin has been inhabited for thousands of years by indigenous Bushmen and Khoi-San peoples. It was about 300 years ago when, after a land grant by the Dutch Colonialism, Colonial Government to a more or less equal number of Dutch people, Dutch and Huguenot settlers to settle the area, that the tow ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riviersonderend Mountains
The Riviersonderend Mountains are a mountain range in the Cape Fold Belt of the Western Cape province of South Africa. They run east to west from Riviersonderend to Villiersdorp, separating the Breede River Valley from the Overberg region. They are composed of Table Mountain Sandstone and attain a maximum height near McGregor and Riviersonderend as Pilaarkop (). The ranges are rich in fynbos flora and experience a typical Mediterranean climate. The name stems from the Sonderend River, and was originally a literal translation Literal translation, direct translation, or word-for-word translation is the translation of a text done by translating each word separately without analysing how the words are used together in a phrase or sentence. In translation theory, anoth ... of the Khoi-khoi name ''"Kannakamkanna"'' ("river without end") into Afrikaans. References Mountain ranges of the Western Cape {{WesternCape-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calenduleae
Calenduleae is a flowering plant tribe of the family Asteraceae. Calenduleae has been widely recognized since Alexandre de Cassini in the early 19th century. There are eight genera and over 110 species, mostly found in South Africa. It is a relatively stable clade of the Asteraceae, with minor alterations. The tribe also occurs in Southwest Asia, some Atlantic islands, other portions of Africa and Europe, with non-native occurrences in the US, Australia, and New Zealand. However, three new species within the tribe have been discovered as recently as 2003. Description Plants in Calenduleae vary from herbs to shrubs and usually exhibit showy flower heads. The defining characteristics separating members of this tribe from others within the family are a dimorphism of the cypselae and the fact that each cypsela lacks a pappus. /sup> Calenduleae is named for its most economically important genus, ''Calendula'', known in homeopathic remedies and as a common ornamental. Other genera f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
