Darling Wildflower Area
This is the broad area that encompasses the deep sands and renosterveld of Darling and the surrounds.
Nodes
Babiana tubulosa
Brunsvigia orientalis
Arctotheca
Silene undulata
Caesia sabulosa
Asparagus declinatus
Lampranthus sociorum
Monopsis lutea
Arctotis hirsuta
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Taxonomy term
Dasispermum suffruticosum
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suffruticose means woody and perennial at the base but remaining herbaceous above
Didelta carnosa
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from the Latin carnosus = 'fleshy'
Dimorphotheca
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Gk. di- = two; morphe = form; theke =a fruit (a case or container); referring to the two different forms of cypselae (fruit) produced by the ray and disk flowers: those of the ray flowers wingless, three-cornered; those of the disk flattened and two-winged.
Diospyros
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Gk. dios = divine; pyros = literally, a ‘grain of wheat’ but in this instance fruit. The fruits are ‘divine’ – edible and very tasty. This name was originally applied to the Caucasion persimmon, Diospyros lotus.
Disparago ericoides
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From the Latin -oides meaning ‘resembling'; resembling the genus Erica, the heath
Dolichos decumbens
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From the Latin word decumbens meaning 'lying down' or 'prostrate';
Dorotheanthus bellidiformis
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From the Latin ‘bellidi’ / ‘bellis’ meaning ‘a daisy genus’; and the Latin ‘formis’ / ‘formis’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Dorotheanthus gramineus
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From the Latin gramineus = ‘grassy’
Drosanthemum
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Gk. drosos = dew; anthemon = flower; referring to the glittering leaf papillae.
Drosera pauciflora
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From the Latin paucus = "few" and florus = "flower". This plant has few flowers.
Elytropappus rhinocerotis
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From the Greek ‘rhinocer’ / ‘rhinoceros’ meaning ‘rhinoceros’; and the Greek ‘otis’ / ‘otis’ meaning ‘ear’.
Erica
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Gk. ereike = to break. The name used for a heath by Theophrastus (372–287 BCE) and Pliny the Elder. The stems are brittle and break easily (Lindsay); or possibly but less likely because of the ability of the plant to break up bladder stones (Paxton’s Botanical Dictionary).