Biedouw Valley
Renowned as a spring flower region, the Biedouw Valley forms the northern portion of the Cedarberg due east of Clanwilliam
Nodes
Pteronia succulenta
Eriospermum graminifolium
Lasiosiphon
Euphorbia
Euphorbia
Eriospermum subincanum
Drosanthemum longipes
Moraea amabilis
Annesorhiza
Taxonomy term
Agathosma
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Gk. agathos = good; osmē = smell, odour; referring to fragrant oils in the glands of the leaves.
Annesorhiza
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Gk. anison = anise, an aromatic seed, dill; rhiza = root; referring to the flavour of the tuberous rootstock, much used as a food.
Eriospermum
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Gk. erion = wool; sperma = seed. The seed is covered with white hairs.
Euphorbia
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Gk. eu- = well; phorbe = pasture or fodder; probably after Euphorbus, Greek physician to Juba II, King of Mauretania. Juba was educated in Rome and married the daughter of Antony and Cleopatra. He was apparently interested in botany and had written about an African cactus-like plant from the slopes of Mount Atlas, which he had found or knew about, which was used as a powerful laxative. That plant may have been Euphorbia resinifera, and like all Euphorbias had a latexy exudate (milky emulsion from certain plants). Euphorbus had a brother named Antonius Musa who was the physician to Augustus Caesar in Rome. When Juba heard that Caesar had honoured his physician with a statue, he decided to honour his own physician by naming the plant he had written about after him.
Lasiosiphon
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Gk. lasios = hairy, shaggy; siphon = tube. This group of plants (now included in Gnidia, q.v.) is characterised by woolly flower tubes.
Lasiosiphon deserticola
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From Latin desertum = 'desert' and -cola = 'dweller', referring to the desert habitat of the species.
Moraea amabilis
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From the Latin amabilis, meaning 'lovable' or 'pleasant'