Napier
Napier is a village at the foot of the Soetmuisberg, between Caledon and Bredasdorp. The town is named after Sir George Thomas Napier, the British governor of the Cape Province at that time. [Source: Wikipedia]
Nodes
Massonia setulosa
Microloma
Disperis villosa
Printzia polifolia
Romulea flava
Ixia flexuosa
Berkheya armata
Moraea tripetala
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
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Taxonomy term
Dimorphotheca nudicaulis
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From the Latin nudus = 'naked' and caulis = 'stem'
Drosanthemum
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Gk. drosos = dew; anthemon = flower; referring to the glittering leaf papillae.
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).
Erica cerinthoides
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From the Greek ‘cerinth’ / ‘kerinthe’ meaning ‘honeywort’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Erica penicilliformis
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From the Latin penicillus = 'paintbrush' and -formis = 'shaped / form'; shaped like a pencil or artist's brush
Gasteria carinata
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From the Latin carina = 'keel' in reference to the midvvein like a keel on the leaf blade.
Geissorhiza
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Gk. geisson = title; rhiza = root; alluding to the regular overlapping of the corm tunics in some species.
Geissorhiza ornithogaloides
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Resembling members of the chinkerinchee, Genus Ornithogalum (Hyacinthaceae)
Haworthia mirabilis
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Frrom the Latin mirabilis = 'marvellous', 'wonderful' or 'extraordinary'
Lachenalia orchioides
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From the Latin ‘orchi’ / ‘orchis’ meaning ‘orchid’; and the Greek ‘oides’ / ‘oides’ meaning ‘in the form of’.
Lapeirousia pyramidalis
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From the Latin pyramidalis = 'pyramid shaped'; frequently referring to the inflorescence
Massonia setulosa
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From the Latin setulosus = 'slightly bristly'
Microloma
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Gk. mikros = very small; loma = edge or fringe; referring to the hairy corolla tube. The hairs are minute.
Pelargonium myrrhifolium
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From the Greek ‘myrrhi’ / ‘myrrhis’ meaning ‘myrrh’; and the Latin ‘folium’ / ‘folium’ meaning ‘leaf’.
Romulea flava
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From the Latin flavus = 'yellow' or 'golden'