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
Balloon vine
Cardiospermum halicacabum
Box-elder, Ash-leaved maple
Acer negundo
Dudley'S Rush
Juncus tenuis
Bog Rush
Juncus effusus
Canadian waterweed
Elodea canadensis
Orange wattle
Acacia saligna
Bokhara Clover
Melilotus albus
Annual yellow sweetclover
Melilotus indicus
Cultivated licorice
Glycyrrhiza glabra
Bird Vetch
Vicia cracca
Narrowleaf lupine
Lupinus angustifolius
European yellow lupine
Lupinus luteus
Spanish broom
Spartium junceum
Serradella
Ornithopus sativus
Burclover
Medicago polymorpha
Black Medic
Medicago lupulina
Common gorse
Ulex europaeus
American Pokeweed
Phytolacca americana
Alsike Clover
Trifolium hybridum
Least Hop Clover
Trifolium dubium
Chilean Clover
Trifolium pratense
Black Locust
Robinia pseudoacacia
Yellow Cowlily
Nuphar lutea
Bluecrown passionflower
Passiflora caerulea
Purple granadilla
Passiflora edulis
Common Thorn-Apple
Datura stramonium
Angel's-trumpets
Datura ferox
Bell Pepper
Capsicum annuum
Hoe nightshade
Solanum physalifolium
Red Buffalo-bur
Solanum sisymbriifolium
Grass
Cannabis sativa
Roadside pepperweed
Lepidium ruderale
Heart-Pod Hoary Cress
Lepidium draba
Lesser swinecress
Lepidium didymum
Edible Rocket
Eruca vesicaria
Indian hedgemustard
Sisymbrium orientale
Hedgemustard
Sisymbrium officinale
Long-stalked Rape
Brassica elongata
Field mustard
Brassica rapa
Brown mustard
Brassica juncea
Narrow-Leaf Bittercress
Cardamine impatiens
Bending Bittercress
Cardamine flexuosa
Bittercress
Cardamine hirsuta
Garden Nasturtium
Tropaeolum majus
Beauty Of The Night
Mirabilis jalapa
Annual Knawel
Scleranthus annuus
Bladder Campion
Silene vulgaris
Red Campion
Silene dioica
Bird'S-Eye Pearlwort
Sagina procumbens
sea pearlwort
Sagina maritima
greater sea-spurrey
Spergularia media
Purple Sand-Spurrey
Spergularia rubra
Aleppo pine
Pinus halepensis
Flag Iris
Iris pseudacorus
Water fern
Azolla filiculoides
Aaron'S Rod
Verbascum thapsus
Black Elder
Sambucus nigra
Carrot
Daucus carota
wild celery
Apium graveolens
Bullwort
Ammi majus
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