Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa Paperback – March 29, 2019

South Africa’s varied landscape is home to some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large number of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. This field guide covers more than 1,100 species, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and ‘showy’ plants of the region. It offers easy-to-use keys for identifying plant families, species descriptions with vivid photographs, distribution maps and indication of flowering season. It will enable flower enthusiasts to accurately identify flowering plants encountered across South Africa.Table of ContentsContents Introduction 8 South African wild flowers 8 Floral regions 10 Vegetation types 11 The names of plants 18 How to use this book 20 Identifying plants 20 Where to begin 20 Finding the right group 23 Pictorial guide to wild-flower families 24 Descriptions of wild-flower families 30 The quick family finder 40 How to use the family finder 40 Species descriptions 46 Group one 46 Group two 50 Group three 52 Group four 66 Group five 104 Group six 166 Group seven 234 Group eight 270 Group nine 304 Group ten 416 Glossary of terms 470 Further reading 472 Index 473 Illustrated glossary Read more