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Genus: Berkheya

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Berkheya barbata growing near the sea in fynbos, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa.

Species native to southern Africa

List from Plants of southern Africa - an online checklist (SANBI), Flora of Zimbabwe and Flora of Mozambique.

Berkheya acanthopoda

 

Berkheya angusta

 

Berkheya angustifolia

 

Berkheya annectens

 

Berkheya armata 

Groot Disseldoring [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 206.

Berkheya barbata

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 202; Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 232; Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 234.

Berkheya bergiana 

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334.

Berkheya bipinnatifida

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 220.

Berkheya buphthalmoides

 

Berkheya caffra

 

Berkheya canescens

 

Berkheya cardopatifolia

 

Berkheya carduoides

 

Berkheya carlinifolia

 

Berkheya carlinoides

 

Berkheya carlinopsis

Bergdisseldoring [Afrikaans]

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98.

Berkheya chamaepeuce

 

Berkheya cirsiifolia

mohata-o-mosoeu, ntsoantsane-e-kholo, tsehlo-ea-thaba [South Sotho]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334.

Berkheya coddii

 

Berkheya coriacea

Disseldoring [Afrikaans]

See Southern Overberg wild flowers by Penny Mustart et al. p. 232.

Berkheya cruciata

 

Berkheya cuneata

 

Berkheya debilis

 

Berkheya decurrens 

iGanashane, iKhakakhaka elikhulu [Xhosa]

See Eastern Cape wild flowers by John Manning, Auriol Batten & Hertha Bokelmann p. 286, 289.

Berkheya densifolia

 

Berkheya discolor

 

Berkheya draco

 

Berkheya dregei

 

Berkheya echinacea 

iphungula [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334.

Berkheya eriobasis

 

Berkheya erysithales

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334. 

Berkheya ferox

 

Berkheya francisci

 

Berkheya fruticosa

 

Berkheya glabrata (Yellow Thistle)

Bokkevelddissel, Geeldissel [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 192; Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 152.

Berkheya herbacea

 

Berkheya heterophylla

Graweelwortel [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 152.

Berkheya hypoleuca

 

Berkheya insignis 

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98.

Berkheya latifolia

Disseldoring [Afrikaans]

See Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 204.

Berkheya leucaugeta

 

Berkheya mackenii 

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya macrocephala 

ntsoantsane, sehohlo-se-seholo [South Sotho]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 334.

Berkheya maritima

 

Berkheya milleriana

 

Berkheya montana

mohatollo, ntsoa-ntsane-ea-loti [South Sotho]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya multijuga (Spiny Berg Thistle)

Doringrige Bergdissel [Afrikaans]; mohatollo, ntsoa-ntsane-ea-loti [South Sotho]; imboziso emhlophe, ukhakhasi [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya nivea

 

Berkheya onobromoides 

Ruikdissel [Afrikaans]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 192.

Berkheya onopordifolia

mohato, ntsoantsane [South Sotho]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 446.

Berkheya pannosa

 

Berkheya pauciflora

 

Berkheya pinnatifida

 

Berkheya purpurea (Purple Berkheya)

Bloudisseldoring [Afrikaans]; sehlohlo, sehloohlo [South Sotho]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 446.

Berkheya radula

Boesmansrietjie [Afrikaans]

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Berkheya radyeri

 

Berkheya rhapontica

ntsoa-ntsane, pepetloane-e-meutla [South Sotho]; ikhakhasi, iphungula [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya rigida 

Disseldoring, Krammedik [Afrikaans]

See West Coast wild flowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 206.

Berkheya robusta

 

Berkheya schinzii

 

Berkheya seminivea 

Disseldoring [Afrikaans]

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98.

Berkheya setifera (Buffalo-tongue Berkheya)

Rasperdisseldoring [Afrikaans]; lelelemla-khomo, ntsoaantsane [South Sotho]; mavambuka [Swazi]; indlebe-lenkomo [Xhosa]; ulimi-lwenkomo [Swazi, Zulu]; ikhakhasi, ulimi-lwenyathi [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336; Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98.

Berkheya speciosa 

Skraaldisseldoring [Afrikaans]; ntsoaantsane [South Sotho]; ikhakhasi elikhulu, umaphola [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya sphaerocephala

 

Berkheya spinosa

Perdebos [Afrikaans]

See Karoo wildflowers by David Shearing & Katryn van Heerden p. 152.

Berkheya spinosissima

See Namaqualand wildflowers (revised ed.) by Annelise le Roux & Ted Schelpe p. 201.

Berkheya subulata

 

Berkheya tysonii

 

Berkheya umbellata 

Geelklossiedissel, Klossies, Vleidissel [Afrikaans]; ikhakhasana elincane [Zulu]

See KwaZulu-Natal wild flowers by Elsa Pooley p. 336.

Berkheya viscosa

See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 234.

Berkheya zeyheri

See Wild Flowers of the Highveld by Braam van Wyk and Sasa Malan p. 98; Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 204. and Flora of Zimbabwe.

Publications

  • Roessler, H. 1959. Revision der Arctotideae - Gorteriinae (Compositae). Mitteilungen der Botanischen Staatssammlung München 3: 71-500.