South Africa
Africa · Southern Africa
Conservation Status Overview
Species by Taxonomic Group
Featured Species
hint yagi
Ricinus communis
Alder
Alnus glutinosa
Bloodwort
Achillea millefolium
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
Herb of gilead
Cedronella canariensis
Athel tamarisk
Tamarix aphylla
Brazilian nightshade
Solanum seaforthianum
Earleaf nightshade
Solanum mauritianum
Blackberry, Bramble
Rubus fruticosus
Snowpeaks raspberry
Rubus niveus
Hen's eyes
Ardisia crenata
Common gum cistus
Cistus ladanifer
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
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
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
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
Cedar wattle
Acacia elata
Camelthorn
Alhagi maurorum
Lavender scallops
Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi
Ngaio tree
Myoporum laetum
Harpoon weed
Asparagopsis armata
American Dewberry
Rubus flagellaris
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
tea rose
Rosa odorata
gaping panic grass
Steinchisma hians
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