South African Indigenous Plant Catalogue

Xerophyta retinervis is a hardy, deciduous, slow growing, perennial plant that has blackened, hairy stems. In the winter months they look as if they have been burnt and in a lot of cases have actually been burnt. They are totally transformed in the early summer (September to November), when they spr...
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Xerophyta viscosa is a hardy, slow growing, deciduous perennial plant has blackened, hairy stems. In the winter months they look as if they have been burnt and, in a lot of cases, have actually been burnt. They are totally transformed in the early summer November  to April. In spring it spro...
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