Darling Wildflower Area
This is the broad area that encompasses the deep sands and renosterveld of Darling and the surrounds.
Nodes
Helichrysum
Wahlenbergia androsacea
Ursinia anthemoides
Geissorhiza juncea
Rhus lucida
Wurmbea capensis
Bulbine annua
Dasispermum suffruticosum
Curio radicans
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Taxonomy term
Felicia fruticosa
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From the Latin fruticosus = ‘bushy’
Felicia heterophylla
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From the Greek heteros = ‘the other of the two’; and the Greek phyllon = ‘leaf’.
Felicia hyssopifolia
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From the Latin folius = 'leaves' and the resemblance to the medicinal herb hyssop, Hyssopus officionalis
Felicia tenella
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From the Latin tenellus meaning ‘somewhat tender’
Ficinia nigrescens
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From the Latin ‘nigrescens’ / ‘nigrescens’ meaning ‘turning black’
Ficinia pygmaea
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From the Latin pygmaea = ‘dwarfish’
Galenia pubescens
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From the Latin pubescens meaning ‘downy’ with short soft hairs
Geissorhiza imbricata
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From the Latin imbricatus meaning ‘overlapping / tiled’
Gethyllis
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Possibly Gk. getheo = I rejoice; ullus = diminutive, but most sources say from gethyon = a bulb, onion or species of leek. The bulbs of this genus are somewhat similar to those of the leek.