South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
Chang-po
Acorus calamus
Seoyangtobpul
Achillea millefolium
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Black Bent
Agrostis gigantea
blackbuck
Antilope cervicapra
Black Cutworm
Agrotis ipsilon
aoudad
Ammotragus lervia
Ajuga
Ajuga reptans
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
Brisbane Golden Wattle
Acacia fimbriata
Sticky Wattle
Acacia viscidula
Pompon Tree
Dais cotinifolia
Greathead's aloe
Aloe greatheadii
Black wattle
Acacia mearnsii
Bahiagrass
Paspalum notatum
Dwarf Marigold
Schkuhria pinnata
Coreopsis
Coreopsis lanceolata
Key lime
Citrus aurantiifolia
African amaranth
Amaranthus muricatus
Sponge gourd
Luffa aegyptiaca
Mauritius hemp
Furcraea foetida
Sisal hemp
Agave sisalana
Vasey's grass
Paspalum urvillei
Compact brome
Bromus madritensis
Common carpetgrass
Axonopus fissifolius
Lemon beebrush
Aloysia citrodora
Flamevine
Pyrostegia venusta
Belamcanda
Iris domestica
good-luck palm
Chamaedorea elegans
Balloon cotton bush
Gomphocarpus physocarpus
Serrated tussock grass
Nassella trichotoma
Coast Sandbur
Cenchrus spinifex
sweet grass
Panicum schinzii
Ripgut Brome
Bromus rigidus
Panic veldtgrass
Ehrharta erecta
great blanket-flower
Gaillardia aristata
Snowbush
Breynia disticha
Fountain palm
Livistona chinensis
Australian saltbush
Atriplex semibaccata
Broad-leaf arrowhead
Sagittaria platyphylla
Kurrajong
Brachychiton populneus
Slender false garlic
Nothoscordum gracile
American Black Elderberry
Sambucus canadensis
Gout stalk
Jatropha podagrica
honeyplant
Hoya carnosa
mountain buchu
Agathosma betulina
Creeping croftonweed
Ageratina riparia
queen's crape-myrtle
Lagerstroemia speciosa
Bluegreen saltbush
Atriplex nummularia
Creeping mirrorplant
Coprosma repens
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
ten-commandments
Maranta leuconeura
Uruguayan needlegrass
Nassella neesiana
Indian sandbur
Cenchrus biflorus
Hedge bamboo
Bambusa multiplex
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
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
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