South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
achillée mille-feuilles
Achillea millefolium
acore
Acorus calamus
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
Agave d'Amérique
Agave americana
agrostis géant
Agrostis gigantea
Aloès Candélabre
Aloe arborescens
Antilope Cervicapre
Antilope cervicapra
Aoudad de Barbarie
Ammotragus lervia
Ecoregions
Knysna-Amatole montane forests
Tropical & Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests · Afrotropic
Highveld grasslands
Montane Grasslands & Shrublands · Afrotropic
Albany thickets
Mediterranean Forests, Woodlands & Scrub · Afrotropic
Kalahari xeric savanna
Deserts & Xeric Shrublands · Afrotropic
Southern Africa mangroves
Mangroves · Afrotropic
All Species in South Africa
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca inermis
Dwarf Marigold
Schkuhria pinnata
African amaranth
Amaranthus muricatus
Sisal hemp
Agave sisalana
Japanese jasmine
Jasminum mesnyi
Compact brome
Bromus madritensis
Common carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
Herb of gilead
Cedronella canariensis
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
Ripgut Brome
Bromus rigidus
Panic veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta
Snowbush
Breynia disticha
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Slender false garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
Gout stalk
Jatropha podagrica
honeyplant
Hoya carnosa
mountain buchu
Agathosma betulina
Pink jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
cape-jasmine
Gardenia jasminoides
Chinese hatplant
Holmskioldia sanguinea
white-flower Mexican-poppy
Argemone ochroleuca
Himalayan ginger
Hedychium gardnerianum
red ginger-lily
Hedychium coccineum
Shrimpplant
Justicia brandegeeana
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Louisiana canna
Canna glauca
Cape province pygmyweed
Crassula multicava
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Scaly Hawkbit
Hedypnois cretica
Chickenweed
Portulaca quadrifida
Macarthur palm
Ptychosperma macarthurii
Mueller's saltbush
Atriplex muelleri
Firespike
Odontonema tubaeforme
Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema cuspidatum
blue-ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Basketplant
Callisia fragrans
Indian-rhododendron
Melastoma malabathricum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
Moreton bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
American Bramble
Rubus cuneifolius
glaucous cotoneaster
Cotoneaster glaucophyllus
Tussock paspalum
Paspalum quadrifarium
candycorn-plant
Cuphea micropetala
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