Records made by Kruger

Creeper, semi-herbaceous. Fruit light brown grape-like berries carried in a bundle. Leaves in pairs of 2 at nodes, 3 cm long petioles. Leaf margin serrate. Shiny blade and finely haired beneath. Veins prominent beneath, leaves light green colour. Stipules present . Stems light green to brown with lenticels. Tendrils on young shoots.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Stem light brown, young shoots velvety. Leaves alternate oblong with entire margins, rounded apex on base, velvety. No flowers present. Fruit a large berry with distinctive rectangle to square markings. Green to light orange when ripe. Grows in sandy loam soil in omuramba. Very common.

Single-stemmed suffrutex. Main stem hairy, green, much branched, with a small hook at each node, lateral shoots perpendicular to stem, unarmed. Leaves needle-like, in dense fascicles on lateral shoots, fairly short, green. Flowers and fruit absent. Filed at WIND as Asparagus cooperi

Suffrutex. Stems branched, semi-erect, silvery grey. Bark smooth, armed with prominent straight thorns, lateral branches flexible, drooping, green. Leaves linear, needle-like, in fascicles on long thin branchlets. Flowers and fruit absent.

Annual herb. Flowers trumpet shaped, white with purple markings. Leaves opposite, thinly textured, dark green.

Annual herb, 0.30 m high. Leaves opposite, elliptic. Flowers funnel-shaped, white with purple markings, single, in terminal leaf axils. Stems round, erect.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 60 cm high. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, square, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, base lobed, venation below reticulate, with a large brown gland in each leaf axil. Flowers fairly small, tubular, maroon outside, inside pale pink with maroon venation. Plant has a pungent smell. White sandy loam. Occasional.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 - 60 cm high. Flowers pastel purple with dark purple stripes, in terminal racemes. Leaves alternate, palmate, with 5 - 7 leaflets, leaflets linear, long. Stems erect, green, glandular, round, mostly unbranched. Whole plant sticky glandular, with a pungent smell. Frequent on roadverge.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 25 cm high. Flowers yellow, petals spatulate, 2-lobed, subtended by a falcate bract. Bract slit open to base, margins covered with erect hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, softly pubescent, ochna hairy, densely appressed to stem. White sand. Scattered under trees in shade.

10 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 10 cm high. Stem herbaceous and green. Short soft hair on stem and leaves. Leaves sessile with sheath and lanceolate. Yellow flowers. Scattered in soft sandy white soil.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers small, blue, spathe valves fused at the base, bracts sparsely covered with bristly hairs. Leaves elliptic, scabrid, tapering into a long narrow cylinder at the base, ochna with red bristles along the margins. Stems erect, hairy, green. White sand. Under trees in shade.

Creeper; Notes: Herbaceous creeper-like plant. Purple flowers. Leaves sheathed. Short roots at nodes. Stems covered in short white hair. Grows in shade in sandy white soil.

Herb; Notes: Small annual herb, 5 - 10 cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, erect, herbaceous, light green, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear, lamina long and narrow. Stipules very long and narrow, reddish. Flowers small, yellow, sessile, in pairs in the terminal leaf axils. Pods long, linear, narrow, split into 3 horns at the apex. Common but localized.

Climber; Herb; Notes: Climbing herb. Stems thin, brown, with milky latex, occasionally climbing. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green with yellowish venation, apex pointed. Fruit a horned pod, in pairs. Occasional. In woodlands under trees in partial shade. White sand.

Herb; Notes: Herb, 20 - 35 cm high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green, veins yellowish, apex pointed. Stems thin, dark brown, sometimes twining, with milky latex. Fruit immature, long, cylindrical. White sand. Common.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers blue, sessile, enclosed in bracts, filaments feathery, blue, anthers yellow, bracts woolly. Stems and leaves woolly. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, long, glabrous above. White loamy sand. Rare. Growing under trees in partial shade. Voucher for photograph.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, blue, filaments feathery, tepals short, bracts with a white woolly indumentum. Leaves very long, lanceolate, stiff, held erect, folded along the midrib, covered with a white woolly indumentum. Voucher for photograph. Growing under trees in shade. Scattered. White sandy soil.

80 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 80 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, branched. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves drooping, large, oval, thinly textured, dark green, shiny, petiole long, slender, yellow. Stems brown, slender, sparsely branched from the base, with milky latex. No flowers or fruit. White sand. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1m tall. Leaves drooping, large, oval with a teat-shaped apex, shiny, green with yellow venation. Stems lax, thin, brown, with milky latex. White sand. Common.

40 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 40 cm high. Leaves large, compound, bipinnately divided, with 10 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets oblong, asymmetric, glabrous except on midvein, midvein displaced, apex notched. Stems short, light green. Pods large, very broad and flattened off, sickle shaped, light green, apex rounded, base tapering. Dry woodlands. White loamy sand. Uncommon.

Shrub; Notes: Low shrubs up to 1 m high, with drooping foliage. Leaves compound, alternate, stipules present, leaflets large, oblong to rhombic, asymmetric, velvety, midrib displaced, light green below. Stems light brown, coppicing shoots velvety. Mixed shrubland and woodland. White sand. Common.

Herbaceous shrub, 0.40-0.30 m high. Flowers carried in spike-like inflorescence. 5 white petals with yellow mouth, tubular. Flowers carried on one side of spike. Fruits, small, four lobed capsules. Leaves obovate, covered in long hair on both sides of leaf, alternate. Stem green and covered in bristle hairs.

20 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny shrub, 20 cm high, scattered. Light purple flowers carried on 2 cm long stalk from axil of leaf. Cream coloured centre, pistils and stamens. Leaves alternate, sessile and lanceolate. Leaves and stems covered in long white hair. White sandy soil next to road.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers small, blue with a white centre, one open at a time. Stems many from the base, thin, covered with erect hairs. Leaves sessile. Occasional on roadverge.

Shrub; Notes: Small herbaceous shrub, 30-40 cm high. Flowers tiny tubes with purple petals and cream coloured mouth. Stigma and stamens protruding. Fruit a capsule, carried on long stalk. Leaves lanceolate and sessile. Covered in dense hair below. Stems covered in long white hair and grows from centre of plant. Found in semi-shade in well-drained soil. Scattered.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Branches drooping, brown, covered with a dense velvety indumentum. Leaves large, elongated-ovate, base asymmetric, grey below, green above, velvety, margins finely serrate. Stipules not falcate. Flowers in terminal axillary clusters, bright yellow, 2.2 cm in diameter. In Omuramba.

50 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 50 cm high. Flowers large, yellow, in 3's in leaf axils, stamens in one column. Leaves drooping, alternate, elliptic, base cordate/oblique, grey and velvety below, green above, margins finely serrulate, stipules long, linear, not falcate. Stems drooping, floppy, round, brown, young shoots with a dense brown indumentum. Frequent at the edge of pans.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrub with arching branches, 80 cm high. Branches grey, woody, arched. Leaves slightly drooping, curled up, velvety, grey below, green above, lamina elongated-elliptic, base asymmetric, margins finely serrate. Fruit in clusters on lower parts of branches, 1 or 2-lobed, round, green. Frequent. White sand at edge of depression. Limestone.

Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrubs with drooping branches. Leaves alternate, large, ovate, dark green above, whitish tomentose below, base asymmetrically cordate. Branches held horizontally, round, hairy, grey to green. Fruit large round berries, in pairs, lime green, androgynophore extended. White sand. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 1 m high. Stems light brown, covered in lenticels. Young shoots densely haired. Leaves alternate, simple and ovatem, margins serrate, fine hair on undersurface. Bicoloured with 3 veins from base. Veins prominent on both sides of leaves. No flowers. Round fruits, green and covered in bristle hair, carried on long hairy stalks. Extended falsistipula to which fruit is attached. Common in sandy soil in shade.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub 2 m high. Yellow flowers with 5 long petals that are separated and curling backwards, sepals short and close to base of flowers. Leaves alternate ovate with serrate margins. Stipule ear-shaped and clearly visible. Leaves bicoloured and rough to touch. Fruits round capsules. Light grey stem, velvety to touch on young shoots. Fruits in pair of 3. Along road on slight plain. Not very common.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Lax shrub, 40 cm high.Flowers fairly large, yellow, 2 cm in diameter, in three's in axils, petals recurved. Leaves drooping, large, asymmetric, base oblique cordate, green above, whitish tomentose below. Stems lax, brown. White sand. Frequent.

6 m high; Tree; Notes: Tall tree, 6 m high. Leaves alternate, bilobed, 3 cm long petioles. Young shoots zig-zag growth. Stipules present. Lenticels on young shoots. Bark light brown and smooth. Cream coloured flowers with 4 petals. Flowers in spike inflorescence. Common, grows in white sandy soil.

Tree; Notes: Large trees, up to 20 m high. Trunk rusty brown with pieces of black old bark. Leaves bifoliolate, leaflets sickle-shaped, shiny, dark green, leathery. With fruit and buds. Pods half-moon shaped, brown. Occasional.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Small shrub, 1 m high. Stems woody. Leaves opposite, obovate, velvety. Flowers carried on tips of plant, white petals. Grows in stony to sandy soil.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual climber. Flowers large, trumpet shaped, single, pale purple flushed dark purple towards the centre. Leaves large, cordate, alternate, dark green above, white below with netted venation. Stems floppy. Large underground tuber. White sand. Growing under a tree in shade. Rare. Voucher for photograph.

2 m high; Climber; Notes: Annual climber, 2 m high. Leaves large, cordate, on a long, stiff petiole, light green below with white netted venation, dark green above. Flowers large, axillary, trumpet shaped, faded, pale purple shaded deep purple towards the centre. Stems twining, light grey, velvety. Capsules immature, obovate, green. Rare.

Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, 35-40 cm high. Stems squarred. Whole plant covered in short bristle hairs. Leaves opposite, ovate with 1 cm long petiole. Margins serrate. Flowers in bundles growing in 1 cm long stalks, 3 light purple petals, cream coloured centre. Fruits purple capsules. Rare.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, growing in shade under tree, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale purple, in a dense axillary spike, peduncles shorter than leaves, 1 - 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, thin, dark green above, white below. Stems square, hairy, herbaceous.

60 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 60 cm high. Flowers in a terminal raceme, small, deep purple. Leaves compound, trifoliolate, stipules present. Stems erect, green, hairy. Voucher for photograph. Very attractive when in flower. Would make a good garden plant. Scattered but localized, in Omuramba.

Geophyte, 0.30 m above ground. Berries orange to red, in a dense umbel, scape fleshy. Leaves large, oval, held erect and apressed against the scape, shiny, green, undulating, base amplexicaul.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 50 cm high. Flowers pale orange, perianth rotate. Leaves elongated-oval, grey-green, discolorous. Stems many from the base, unbranched, erect. Fruit present, mature and immature round capsules, enclosed in calyx.

Parasite; Notes: Root parasite 30 cm high. Grows in base of grass bundles. Flowers light pink to purple, tube like. Corolla tube covered in fine hair. Leaves linear to lanceolate, opposite and very rough to touch, green. Found in pan-like area in omuramba next to road.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

10 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Tiny herbaceous shrub, 10 cm high. Stem green and velvety. Leaves sessile, opposite to alternate, lanceolate, bicoloured, margin entire. Yellow tubular flowers, 5 petals, 3 cm long stalks. Common in well-drained loamy sandy soil in semi-shade.

Herb; Notes: Tender annual herb. Flowers yellow, tubular, tube long and narrow. Under trees in shade.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Flowers bright orange, tubular, only one open at a time. Leaves sessile. Stems herbaceous, erect, sparsely covered with long red bristles. White sand. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 45 cm high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, pale yellow. Leaves elongated-elliptic, felty. Stems erect. Common in disturbed areas.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, in dense axillary clusters. Leaves elongated ovate, felty. Stems erect. White limestone roadverge, cleared.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, fading to rusty brown, in axillary clusters. Leaves alternate, elongate-elliptic, hairy. Stems erect, brown at the base, green upwards. Common on roadverge.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 45 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow fading to rusty brown, in dense axillary clusters, calyx hairy. Leaves elongated ovate, felty, dark green, venation below reticulate. Stems herbaceous, felty. Common on road verges.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Lax spreading shrub, 1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, large ovate, thinly textured, dark green, margins entire. Stems erect, round, green, sparsely hairy. Berries in dense axillary clusters, sub-sessile, red, fleshy and enclosed in a papery inflated calyx, like a gooseberry. Growing in partial shade under a tree.

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, funnel shaped. Leaves lanceolate, base 3-lobed. Capsules round. White limestone gravel. Common on road verge.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper or climber. Flowers yellow, trumpet shaped, single. Leaves lanceolate, with 3 teeth at the base, green. Stems filiform, prostrate or twining in grasses and herbs. Frequent. White sandy soil.

Herb; Creeper; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, corolla rotate, delicate. Leaves lanceolate with a 3-lobed base, green. Stems thin, creeping or twining. Capsules round. White loamy sand. Common on roadverge.

Creeper; Notes: Creepeing herbaceous plant. Yellow trumpet shaped flowers with 5 fused petals and light green sepals. Leaves near sessile, ovate and with entire to biserrate margins. Undersurface of leaves covered in bristle hair. Fruit a round capsule. Grows in well-drained soil on plain next to road.