South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
Addax
Addax nasomaculatus
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
Belamcanda
Iris domestica
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Snowpeaks raspberry
Rubus niveus
Hen's eyes
Ardisia crenata
Common gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
Australian saltbush
Atriplex semibaccata
Broad-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
Slender false garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
honeyplant
Hoya carnosa
mountain buchu
Agathosma betulina
Pink jasmine
Jasminum polyanthum
Nit grass
Gastridium phleoides
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Bluegreen saltbush
Atriplex nummularia
Creeping mirrorplant
Coprosma repens
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
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Louisiana canna
Canna glauca
Cape province pygmyweed
Crassula multicava
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
fiddle-leaf philodendron
Philodendron bipennifolium
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
Waterpoppy
Hydrocleys nymphoides
Purpletop vervain
Verbena incompta
common bee-brush
Aloysia gratissima
Centipede tongavine
Epipremnum pinnatum
Formosa lily
Lilium formosanum
Australian brake
Pteris tremula
Fiveangled dodder
Cuscuta pentagona
Firespike
Odontonema tubaeforme
Mottled toothedthread
Odontonema cuspidatum
blue-ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Basketplant
Callisia fragrans
Indian-rhododendron
Melastoma malabathricum
banana water-lily
Nymphaea mexicana
grape ground-cherry
Physalis viscosa
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
Sacred bamboo
Nandina domestica
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