Papaver aculeatum, photo: Nikki Brighton.
On this page you can view a collection of wildflowers which you may come across in the Dargle area. We have arranged them in the season in which they are likely to be flowering, although this varies according to temperature, altitude, rainfall, and fire.
You can download the the full Dargle Plant List here and the Tree List here.
Click on any of the links below to see another wildflower
Spring (September - November)
- Acalypha penduncularis
- Bauhinia natalensis
- Brunsvigia radulosa
- Carissa bispinosa
- Crinum bulbispermum
- Dais cotonifolia
- Eriosema distinctum
- Graderia scabra
- Hemizygia teucriifolia
- Hypoxis hemerocallidea
- Jasminum multipartatum
- Merwilla plumbea
- Morea huttonii
- Scadoxus puniceus
- Stophanthus speciosus
- Thunbergia natalensis
- Tritonia lineata
- Ursinia tenuiloba
- Veronia hirsuta
Summer (December - February)
- Asclepias albens
- Brunsvigia natalensis
- Brunsvigia undulata
- Crassula alba
- Dissotis canescens
- Eucomis humilis
- Gomphocarpus physocarpus
- Gunnera perpensa
- Helichrysum ecklonis
- Heliophila rifidiuscula
- Hesperantha coccinea
- Hibiscus aethiopicus
- Hypericum aethiopicum
- Papaver aculeatum
- Pentanisia prunelloides
- Polygala virgata
- Pterygodium magnum
- Ranunculus multifidus
- Saundersonia aurantiaca
- Sopubia cana
- Wahlenbergia sp.
- Zaluzianskya natalensis
- Zantedeschia aethiopica
Autumn (March - May)
- Alectra sessiliflora
- Athrixia phylicoides
- Clematis brachiata
- Coccinea palmata
- Crocosmia aurea
- Desmodium repandum
- Disperis fanninae
- Gnidea splendens
- Halleria lucida
- Kniphofia laxiflora
- Monopsis stellaroides
- Mushrooms
- Nerine pancratioides
- Pachycarpus grandiflorus
- Pavonia columella
- Plectranthus sp.
- Rabdosiella calycina
- Rubus ludwigii
- Satyrium macrophyllum
- Senecio tamoides
- Sutera floribunda
- Zornia capensis
Winter (June - August)
- Aloe arborescens
- Aloe maculata
- Buddleja salvifolia
- Crassula ovata
- Disperis woodii
- Dombeya rotundifolia
- Helichrysum adenocarpum
- Ledeboria sp.
- Leonotis leonorus
- Leucosidea sericea
- Moraea hiernalis
- Phymaspermum acerosum
- Podocarpus sp.
- Prunus africanus
- Senecio polyanthemoides
- Senecio speciosus
- Solanum giganteum
- Striga bilabiata
- Tulbaghia violaceae
- Zanthoxylum capense