South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
jarak
Ricinus communis
Pien
Araucaria cunninghamii
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
aoudad
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
prickly paperbark
Melaleuca styphelioides
Blue Dawn Flower
Ipomoea indica
Coleus
Coleus scutellarioides
Sawtooth oak
Quercus acutissima
Red passionflower
Passiflora manicata
New South Wales waratah
Telopea speciosissima
Hop Wattle
Acacia stricta
White bladderflower
Araujia sericifera
Indian Barberry
Berberis aristata
Wild Lettuce
Lactuca indica
Hairy Knotweed
Persicaria attenuata
Pinchot Juniper
Juniperus pinchotii
Wallangarra wattle
Acacia adunca
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
Sticky Wattle
Acacia viscidula
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Black wattle
Acacia mearnsii
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Compact brome
Bromus madritensis
Common carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
Herb of gilead
Cedronella canariensis
Athel tamarisk
Tamarix aphylla
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Earleaf nightshade
Solanum mauritianum
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
Karo
Pittosporum crassifolium
Baby sage
Salvia microphylla
Yellow ginger
Hedychium flavescens
dodder-laurel
Cassytha filiformis
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
Louisiana canna
Canna glauca
Cape province pygmyweed
Crassula multicava
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
blue-ginger
Dichorisandra thyrsiflora
Basketplant
Callisia fragrans
Indian-rhododendron
Melastoma malabathricum
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
Moreton bay fig
Ficus macrophylla
Chinese trumpet-creeper
Campsis grandiflora
Sticky snakeroot
Ageratina adenophora
Annual trampweed
Facelis retusa
Little ironweed
Cyanthillium cinereum
California-geranium
Roldana petasitis
gomphrena-weed
Gomphrena celosioides
small matweed
Guilleminea densa
Lindley's saltbush
Atriplex lindleyi
Oliver's touch-me-not
Impatiens sodenii
Nettleleaf velvetberry
Stachytarpheta urticifolia
Brazilian vervain
Verbena brasiliensis
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