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Muraltia ericifoliaHavainnoija
brendancoleKuvaus
Side petals more truncate than obtuse.
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Kaskelotti (Physeter macrocephalus)Havainnoija
markgrtdixonKuvaus
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Mesoponera caffrariaHavainnoija
sallyslakKuvaus
Dead ants
During our lunch stop I noticed several (at least 10) dead ants attached by their jaws at the tips of grasses and, in one case, a Crassula flower. I may be way off-base here, but could this be the work of the dastardly Ophiocordyceps? The only flaw in my theory is that I don't see any actual sign of fungus.
PS My source for the suggestion is at around 11 minutes into this video I often quote : http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/ng-live/varma-parasites-lecture-nglive
Update: 4.3.2017 - new pics added : the sampled ants frequently lost their heads such was their death grip on the vegetation. Pic of sampled ants packed ready to be sent off.
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bartwurstenKuvaus
One of the most wonderful sounds of the Vumba must be the eerie humming of distant fog horns on misty nights. Obviously no fishing port nearby at 1700 m altitude in the mountains, the sounds are the calls of the mysterious Buff-spotted Flufftails in the forests around our house. These birds are often heard but never seen until one day the guy in the photo casually walked into the lounge of our guesthouse and parked himself at our bar. He stayed for quite a while but didn't drink much and he did not become a regular.
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Alasuku MuraltiaHavainnoija
stilbaai_herbariumKuvaus
Much finer leaves than M. cliffortiifolia but still very sore to touch. On sand
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Muraltia ericoidesHavainnoija
petrabroddleKuvaus
less than 50 cm in height. Less than 10 plants seen in one cluster.
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Havainnoija
chris_wahlbergKuvaus
Amphibolia rupis-arcuatae(2)
Prostate shrub; club shaped succulent leaves; flowers Sept. to Oct.
Ref: Namaqualand by A. le Roux(148) - " found North of Kleinsee --".
Ref: Mesembs of the World- Heidi Hartmann(316) amongst others, " this genius is poorly known and difficult to recognize --". Amphibolia Greek for " uncertain ".
AIZOACEAE aka MESEMBRYANTHEMACEAE
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Suku MuraltiaHavainnoija
stilbaai_herbariumKuvaus
Branches along the ground, no spines
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botaneekKuvaus
Muraltia satureioides
fairly common here in alkaline sands in partly disturbed Dune Strandveld; area likely to become the new bus depot; to 35cm
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Suku MuraltiaHavainnoija
sarobinsonKuvaus
Muraltia
Low growing branched plant at Cape Point.
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Suku MuraltiaHavainnoija
gigilaidlerKuvaus
From Cape Plants: Sprawling shrub to 50 cm, hairy on young stems. Leaves sessile, fascicled, ovate, sparsely hairy, recurved above and spine-tipped. Flowers sessile, axillary, pink or white. Capsules hispid, horned. Sept.-Dec. Lower sandstone slopes, NW (Piketberg)
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Muraltia thunbergiiHavainnoija
evr7966Kuvaus
Muraltia
Looks like a hairy muraltia
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Suku MuraltiaHavainnoija
gigilaidlerKuvaus
From Cape Plants: Rigid, much-branched, pubescent shrub to 70 cm. Leaves sessile, fascicled, narrowly obovate, shortly spine-tipped. Flowers sessile, axillary, pink. Capsules prominently horned. Dec.-Jan. Rocky lower slopes, SW, KM, LB, SE (Robertson to Port Elizabeth)
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Satureja thymbraHavainnoija
tonyrebeloPaikka
Constantia Neck Jeep Track, upper, Cecilia section, Table Mountain National Park (Google, OSM)
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Erica altiphilaHavainnoija
sethmuskerKuvaus
nc. Not sticky enough for muscosa. Greyish appearance overall. Locally common.
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Muraltia ericoidesHavainnoija
janeennicholsKuvaus
Unidentified
Amphithalea maybe?
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Alasuku MuraltiaHavainnoija
sarobinsonPaikka
Tokai Park, Tokai, CapeTown: Tokai Park. Next to path from Restoration Area to Dennedal Road (Google, OSM)Kuvaus
Muraltia
Plant about 30cm high. Leaves oval. Very floriferous. Flowers pink, and more towards end of branches. Thorns barely perceptible. Did not manage to see any capsules.
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Havainnoija
hhodgsonPaikka
Soetwater Resort, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa (Google, OSM)
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andrewmKuvaus
Erica glabella
The corolla has four lobes which rules out labalis and leaves us with glabella, similis or ericoides.
The leaves are 4-nate which doesn't really help to narrow it down.
It's not similis which has long white hairs on the caly, whereas glabella and ericoides have short white hairs.
Therefore either glabella or ericoides.
The bract and bractioles of ericoides are adpressed to the corrolla, whereas for glabella the bract is on the main stem and the bractioles are either minute or absent.
For glabella the ridges on the calyx tube alternate with the calyx lobes.
Therefore glabella. Since subsp.laevis doesn't occur on the peninsula, that leaves only subsp. glabella .
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Erica ericoidesHavainnoija
andrewmKuvaus
Erica equisetifolia Cape Point March 14
I think it^s this. Corrollas four lobed. Leaves hairy.
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gigilaidlerKuvaus
Images from M. Levyns' book are included. andrewm found the book online here: https://archive.org/stream/botanysupplement02unse/botanysupplement02unse_djvu.txt
See discussion here: https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/53466946
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Suku LachenaliaHavainnoija
andrewmKuvaus
Another blooming Lachenalia...
..and I don^t mean its flowering!
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Havainnoija
zamosaKuvaus
One plant with white flowers amongst normally coloured ones.
