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
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
Clasping heliotrope
Heliotropium amplexicaule
Japanese wisteria
Wisteria floribunda
Big blue lilyturf
Liriope muscari
inkberry
Cestrum laevigatum
Jacob's coat
Acalypha wilkesiana
fiddle-leaf philodendron
Philodendron bipennifolium
Rat-tail grass
Sporobolus africanus
Crown Daisy
Glebionis coronaria
pompomweed
Campuloclinium macrocephalum
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
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
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
Sticky snakeroot
Ageratina adenophora
Annual trampweed
Facelis retusa
Little ironweed
Cyanthillium cinereum
California-geranium
Roldana petasitis
Hairy abutilon
Abutilon grandifolium
moneytree
Pachira glabra
Tropical Mexican clover
Richardia brasiliensis
Simpleleaf chastetree
Vitex trifolia
Duck
Aristolochia littoralis
Peach
Prunus persica
Shoebutton
Ardisia elliptica
Bonpland's croton
Croton bonplandianus
Graham's manihot
Manihot grahamii
large round-leaf prickly-pear
Opuntia spinulifera
flamingo-flower
Anthurium andraeanum
Mexican blood-flower
Amphilophium buccinatorium
Brazilian cat's ear
Hypochaeris chillensis
Gulf leaf-flower
Phyllanthus fraternus
Australian violet
Viola hederacea
willow-leaf heimia
Heimia salicifolia
eastern cottonbush
Maireana brevifolia
Bluebell creeper
Billardiera heterophylla
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