Cavern Berg Resort Flower List

The fantastic array of beautiful mountain flowers found in the Drakensberg on The Cavern nature reserve is far too numerous to detail here. Suffice to say the diversity will enthral any keen botanist, from a dazzling sweep of blue Scilla natalensis to the flagrant display of Barleria monticola; the nodding daisies of Callilepsis laureola and the streamside beauty of Hesperantha coccinea. Within the shady forest patches of Streptocarpus spp. hug the mossy rocks and shy Disperis fanniniae peep from the leaf litter. A walk up the Amphitheatre or a drive to the Sentinel car park takes you to a world of Alpine flowers and rare Drakensberg endemics. A list of just some of the flowers, sedges, ferns and grasses found at The Cavern is given here to whet your appetite.

Next to each entry are the page numbers where this plant can be found in the field guide to “Wild Flowers of KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Region” [WF] and/or the field guide to the flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho “Mountain Flowers” [MF]. Both these field guides are by Elsa Pooley, and published by the Natal Flora Publications Trust.

	WF	MF

A. cooperi	–	56
A. fontana	110
A. microraphis	102	56
A. natalensis	160	80
A. perfoliatus	440	222
A. pinifolia	–	110
A. pleiocephalus	210	100
A. pusilla	–	80
A. schinzii	64	38
A. virgatus	104	–
Acalypha punctata	64	38
Adhatoda andromeda	202	96
Afrotysonia glochidiata	180	86
Agapanthus campanulatus	450	228
Ajuga ophrydis	470	236
Albuca fastigiata	92	50
Alepidea amatymbica	160	80
Anemone fanninii	138	72
Anisotoma pedunculata	582	268
Anthospermum herbaceum	556	–
Argyrolobium marginatum	–	132
Aristea woodii	454	230
Asclepias cucullata	416	216
Ascolepis capensis	84	46
Asparagus asparagoides	514	250
Aster bakerianus	440	100
Athrixia angustissima	216	110
B. rhapontica	336	178
B. rosulata	–	178
B. setifera	336	178
B. speciosa	336	178
Barleria monticola	490	240
Becium obovatum	426	88
Begonia sutherlandii	68	40
Berkheya multijuga	336	176
Buchnera simplex	432	220
Bulbine abyssinica	224	116
C. dracomontanum	574	264
C. katherinae	530	256
C. monticola	532	256
C. nigrescens	574	264
C. pottsii	42	32
C. setulosa	148	76
C. vaginata	254	128
Callilepsis laureola	216	112
Cephalaria oblongifolia	204	98
Cerastium arabidis	136	72
Cineraria dieterlenii	320	162
Cissampelos torulosa	252	–
Clematis brachiata	140	74
Cliffortia nitidula	–	278
Clutia hirsuta	278	–
Commelina africana	222	116
Conostomium natalense	492	–
Convolvulus farinosus	176	–
Corycium alticola	–	264
Crassula natalensis	386	74
Crinum bulbispermum	348	184
Crocosmia pearsii	–	32
Cycnium racemosum	432	220
Cynoglossum austro-africanum	–	236
D. fanniniae	122	68
D. purpurea	–	218
D. rotundifolia	90
Desmodium repandum	60	–
Diascia integerrima	428	218
Diclis reptans	190	90
Dierama robustum	–	188
Dietes iridoides	110	60
Dimorphotheca jucunda	446	226
Dipcadi marlothii	510	248
Disa fragrans	366	194
Disperis cardiophora	520	196
E. algida	412	212
E. drakensbergensis	162	82
E. evansii	–	82
E. frigida	–	82
E. humilis	98	54
E. kraussianum	274	134
E. salignum	62	–
Erica aestiva	410	212
Eriosema distinctum	60	38
Eucomis bicolor	98	54
Euphorbia epicyparissias	532	256
F. muricata	210	102
F. petiolata	–	102
Felicia filifolia	442	246
G. capitata	292	138
G. kraussiana	292	138
G. piloselloides	220	114
G. regalis	96	52
G. wakkerstroomianum	152	78
Galium capense	–	144
Galtonia candicans	96	52
Geranium multisectum	398	206
Gerbera ambigua	220	114
Gnidia baurii	292	136
Graderia scabra	430	220
Gunnera perpensa	578	266
Guthriea capensis	–	256
H. angustifolia	232	–
H. appendiculatum	82	104
H. argentea	234	120
H. aureonitens	310	148
H. aureum	312	156
H. bellum	–	108
H. chionosphaerum	212	106
H. coccinea (formerly Schizostylis coccinea)	42	30
H. confertum	214	104
H. evansii	–	148
H. filiformis	234	120
H. herbaceum	314	154
H. hypoleucum	314	150
H. marginatum	–	108
H. oreophilum	316	150
H. pallidum	314	154
H. pilosellum	314	154
H. sutherlandii	214	104
H. umbraculigerum	316	146
Haplocarpa scaposa	332	176
Harveya speciosa	196	96
Hebenstretia dura	194	94
Helichrysum acutatum	310	150
Heliophila rigidiuscula	460	234
Hesperantha baurii	352	186
Heteromma decurrens	–	146
Hibiscus aethiopicus	284	134
Hoffmanseggia sandersonii	388	204
Hypericum aethiopicum	290	136
Hypoestes triflora	436	–
Hypoxis acuminata	232	120
Jamesbrittenia pristisepala	480	238
K. thodei	30	24
Kniphofia breviflora	92	50
Kohautia amatymbica	202	98
L. leonurus	70	42
L. ovatifolia	344	180
L. preslii	–	244
Ledebouria cooperi	344	180
Leonotis dubia	70	40
Lobelia flaccida	496	242
Lotononis lotononoides	460	234
M. huttonii	236	122
M. trifida	236	122
Momordica foetida	80	–
Monopsis decipiens	496	244
Moraea brevistyla	108	60
Myosotis semiamplexicaulis	–	236
N. rupicola	–	220
Nemesia denticulata	428	–
Nerine bowdenii	346	182
O. obliquifolia	402	208
O. smithiana	402	208
Ornithogalum graminifolium	512	56
Osteospermum thodei	–	174
Oxalis depressa	–	208
P. luridum	400	208
P. ohlendorfiana	–	210
P. prunelloides	492	240
P. pyrifolia	216	226
P. rehmannii	404	–
P. schlechteri	400	38
P. virgata	406	210
Papaver aculeatum	52	36
Pavonia columella	408	212
Pelargonium alchemilloides	154	206
Pentanisia angustifolia	492	–
Peperomia retusa	524	254
Peucedanum caffrum	296	–
Phygelius aequalis	72	42
Polygala gracilenta	–	210
Polystachya ottoniana	124	70
Printzia nutans	–	110
Protea dracomontana	374	276
Psammatropha mucronata	528	254
Pterygodium hastatum	124	70
Pycnostachys reticulata	472	88
R. multifidus	252	128
R. rigidus	386	202
Ranunculus baurii	250	128
Rhodohypoxis baurii	352	58
Rhus discolor	534	280
Riocreuxia torulosa	176	86
Romulea thodei	–	186
Rubus ludwigii	386	202
Rumex woodii	376	200
S. bupleuroides	322	–
S. deltoideus	322	164
S. discodregeanus	498	246
S. gerrardii	552	–
S. glaberrimus	322	164
S. haygarthii	322	166
S. isatideus	324	166
S. kuntzei	182	88
S. nervosa	96	54
S. oxyriifolius	328	168
S. rhomboideus	328	168
S. tamoides	328	170
Satyrium longicauda	118	66
Scabiosa columbaria	438	98
Schizoglossum stenoglossum	300	142
Scilla natalensis	452	228
Sebaea natalensis	298	140
Secamone alpini	172	–
Selago monticola	196	96
Senecio barbatus	498	246
Silene burchellii	382	200
Sium repandum	296	–
Sopubia cana	430	220
Stachys aethiopica	182	86
Stephania abyssinica	52	–
Stoebe vulgaris	216	110
Striga bilabiata	432	220
Syncolostemon macranthus	426	218
Thesium costatum	134	72
Trifolium burchellianum	388	204
Tritonia lineata	238	124
U. macrocentra	94	52
Urginea calcarata	94	52
Ursinia alpina	–	174
V. natalensis	496	244
Valeriana capensis	204	98
Vernonia hirsuta	498	244
W. cuspidata	494	240
W. krebsii	494	242
Wahlenbergia appressifolia	494	240
Watsonia lepida	360	190
Xerophyta viscosa	352	184
Xysmalobium parviflorum	544	266
Z. albomaculata	86	46
Zaluzianskya microsiphon	192	92
Zantedeschia aethiopica	84	46



Sedges:

C. zuluensis	568	262
Carex austro-africana	506	248
Cyperus sphaerocephalus	222	116



Ferns:

A. aethiopicum	–	296
A. monanthes	–	296
A. rutifolium	–	–
Asplenium adiantum-nigrum	–	296
Cheilanthes quadripinnata	–	294
Cyathea dregei	–	294
Dryopteris inaequalis	–	298
Gleichenia umbraculifera	–	294
Grammitis rigescens	–	296
P. catoptera var. catoptera	–	–
Pleopeltis macrocarpa	–	296
Polypodium polypodioides	–	–
Pteris cretica	–	294
S. imbricata	–	292
Selaginella caffrorum	–	292
Thelypteris confluens	–	–

Further reading: Burrows, J.E. & S.M. (1990). “SA Ferns and Fern Allies“. Frandsen.

Grasses:

Alloteropsis semialata
Arundinella nepalensis
Cymbopogon validus
Digitaria tricholaenoides
Elionurus muticus
Eragrostis capensis
Harpochloa falx
Imperata cylindrica
Melinus nerviglumis
M. repens
Oplismenus hirtellus
Themeda triandra

Further reading: van Oudtshoorn F.P. (1992). “Guide to Grasses of South Africa “. Briza.