Records made by Marianne Hochobes

Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, up to 1 m high. Flowers in a dense, elongated spike, cream, sweetly scented. Leaves compound, paripinnate, many pairs of leaflets, leaflets very fine, lamina long. Stems with black paired hooks, shoots pubescent, old stems dark brown, woody. Mixed woodland-shrubland. White sand. Common.

Large tree up to 8 m high. Pods semi-circular, grey, velvety. Leaves bipinnate. Shoots with thorns. Thorns in pairs, long and straight, thin, white to grey.

Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 10 m high. Leaves compound, paripinnate, 3 - 4 pairs of leaflets, leaflets small, dull green, oblong, rachis sparsely pubescent. Trunk rough, bark dark grey, longitudinally fissured, stems armed with thick straight thorns, thorns paired, tapering into a sharp tip. Pods large, half-moon shaped, grey, velvety, flat. Mixed woodland and shrubland. Frequent.

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20m high. Stem: appears brown-grey, straight paired thorns. Leaves: compound, leaflets obovate, up to 16, leathery. Fruit a legume, grey in colour.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, about 5m high. Stem: yellowish, flaking. Leaves: compound, paripinate, leaflets very small, gland present on petiole. Pods brown, leathery.

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, about 20m high. Stem: with big horny knobs. Leaves: compound, leaflets opposite, green, margin with a purple line; rachis covered with hook thorns at the back.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 60cm high. Leaves: ovate, margin serrate. Fruits: green, born on terminal ends of branches, covered with long red trichomes.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 30 cm high. Leaves elongated ovate, base cordate, margins finely serrate. Flowers tiny, pale yellow, in a dense long spike, immature inflorescence with many red threads. Stems erect, herbaceous, covered with long erect hairs. Stipules filiform. Growing in partial shade under tree. Common.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Tomentose herb, 50cm high. Leaves: ovate, margin dentate. Fruits: with long trichoms, red in colour.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb, with rough surface, very hairy along the veins. Fruit: a cucumber armed with horns.

Annual herb, 80 cm high. Flowers white, bilabiate, calyx straight, 5 calyx tips. Leaves opposite, elliptic, sessile. Stems erect, square, hairs pointing downwards.

20 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 20m high, with fissured bark. Leaves: compound, opposite, leaflets oblique-asymmetric, bicolourous. Rachis and rachilla red.

Herb 50 cm high. Stem glandular with short hairs. Leaves leathery, elongated, ovate and whorled, spirally arranged. Flowers in terminal raceme, yellow rosettes, filament fused and hairy.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Leaves: alternate, ovate - linear - lanceolate on very short petiole. Fruit: legume, constricted at seeds, terminal.

Herb; Notes: Upright herb. Inflorescence: terminal raceme, flowers orange. Leaves: elliptic, lanceolate.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 60 cm high grass. Leaves linear, course to touch. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 80 cm high grass. Leaves linear, basal. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along road verge.

50 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 50 cm high grass. Ligule a fringed membrane, Inflorescence a terminal, contracted panicle. Spikelets straw coloured when mature. Occasional.

Erect, smooth with rolled leaves. Inflorescence open, lax panicle, with brownish spikelets. Ligule fringe of hairs inner part.

Single-stemmed suffrutex. Main stem hairy, green, much branched, with a small hook at each node, lateral shoots perpendicular to stem, unarmed. Leaves needle-like, in dense fascicles on lateral shoots, fairly short, green. Flowers and fruit absent. Filed at WIND as Asparagus cooperi

Suffrutex with a tendency to climb in other shrubs and trees. Main stems light to dark brown, smooth, with a large hook at each node, much branched, lateral stems many, armed. Leaves needle-like, long, in fascicles of 3-5 on the lateral shoots, fascicles far apart. Flowers and fruit absent.

Woody climber. Main stem with large hooks, glabrous, light grey, twining in trees and shrubs. Leaves linear, needle-like, very long, in fascicles.

Suffrutex. Stems branched, semi-erect, silvery grey. Bark smooth, armed with prominent straight thorns, lateral branches flexible, drooping, green. Leaves linear, needle-like, in fascicles on long thin branchlets. Flowers and fruit absent.

Annual herb, 0.30 m high. Leaves opposite, elliptic. Flowers funnel-shaped, white with purple markings, single, in terminal leaf axils. Stems round, erect.

Annual herb. Flowers trumpet shaped, white with purple markings. Leaves opposite, thinly textured, dark green.

Shrub; Notes: Tall shrubs, up to 3 m high. Flowers white with a yellow spot at the base, in pairs or 3's in the leaf axils, sweetly scented, sepals red. Branches drooping, brown, woody. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, mucronate. Frequent.

Shrub; Notes: Shrubs, 60 - 100 cm high. Flowers white with a yellow base, sweetly scented. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, undulating, apex mucronate. Stems round. White loamy sand. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub up to 2 m tall, in flower. Flowers white with a yellow base, sweetly scented, in the terminal leaf axils, sepals red. Branches drooping. Leaves alternate, obovate, softly pubescent, mucronate, undulating. White sand. Frequent.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 5m high. Stem: tomentose. Leaves: compound, leaflets sub-opposite, elliptic, leathery, undersurface tomentose, very short petiolate, petiole tomentose; rachilla thickened where it is connected to main rachis. Fruit: brown woody pod/ legume.

Herb, 0.10 m high. Leaves bicoloured, opposite, cordate, soft, margin hairy.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3m high. Leaves: elongated-linear.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Rhizomatous, 80 cm high, yellow-green, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, softly pubescent grass. Cataphylls hairy. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil of moist depression.

grass; Notes: Tufted, softly pubescent grass. Leaves lanceolate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, straw coloured when mature. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Perennial, softly pubescent, 90 cm high grass. Leaves lanceolate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, softly pubescent. Occasional, in full sun in sandy soil.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, pubescent, rhizomatous perennial, 1 m high grass. Cataphylls hairy. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets secund, hairy. Occasional.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Shrubs, occasionally also trees. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with a rusty brown velvet. Stems light brown. White sand. Mixed shrubland and woodland. Common.

15 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 15m high. Leaves: compound, leaflets alternate, round, have a grey-green appearance. Growing tips covered with velvet, reddish-brown hairs.

Tree; Notes: Tree, 8 - 15 m high. Leaves compound, yellowish below, dull green above, leaflets ovate, asymmetric. Shoots and axillary buds covered with rusty brown velvety hairs. Stems light brown. Pods in terminal clusters, light lime green, ovoid, flat, single-seeded. White sand. Common.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous, 1 m high grass. Leaves coarse to the touch, ovate, tapering to a fine point, curling when dry. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, straw coloured. Occasional, in full sun, on termite mound.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 60 cm high. Stems erect, mostly unbranched, square, hairy. Leaves lanceolate, base lobed, venation below reticulate, with a large brown gland in each leaf axil. Flowers fairly small, tubular, maroon outside, inside pale pink with maroon venation. Plant has a pungent smell. White sandy loam. Occasional.

Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers single, orange. Leaves compound, consisting of 4 leaflets. Stems thin, erect, hairy. Pods green, flat, sickle-shaped, covered with glandular hairs.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high, with yellow flowers on long pedicels.

Erect grass 30 cm high. Branched at flattened nodes. Leaves very soft, folded from the base. Inflorescence a spike, it opens up when it gets wet.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Annual, 1 m high grass. Nodes red coloured. Leaves with midrib red coloured, margin finely serrate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme with hairs at the point of attachment of raceme branches. Uncommon, in moist clay, in full sun.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte. Leaves few, well developed, in a basal rosette, erect, lanceolate, lamina fairly broad, margins wavy and ciliate. Inflorescence a dense spike. Flowers small, star-shaped, white, arranged along the entire peduncle, almost up to the base, tepals reflexed, stamens exserted. Roots many, fine. In Omuramba. Rare.

Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper. Leaves alternate, cordate, felty, apex rounded or notched, mucronate. Stems trailing, many radiating from the centre, mostly unbranched, brown. Fruit small fleshy berries, red, round, sessile, in terminal leaf axils. Uncommon. On road verge.

Climber; Notes: Climber, growing in fence. Leaves small, cordate, velvety, light green below, dark green above, apex pointed. Stems flexuous, twining around fence, pubescent, light green to brown. Flowers tiny, in terminal panicles, yellowish-green, hairy on the outside. Black clay. Rare.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 - 60 cm high. Flowers pastel purple with dark purple stripes, in terminal racemes. Leaves alternate, palmate, with 5 - 7 leaflets, leaflets linear, long. Stems erect, green, glandular, round, mostly unbranched. Whole plant sticky glandular, with a pungent smell. Frequent on roadverge.

Climber; Notes: Climber with leaves palmately lobed, margins dentate, soft tendril attached at petiole base. Flowers: light orange, hairy inside.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3m high. Leaves: split into 2 leaflets and joined at the bases, where attached to petiole. Stem: brown.

8 m high; Tree; Notes: Many-stemmed tree, 8 m high. Trunk grey, bark finely fissured. Leaves bifoliolate, green, tough. Flowers small, pale yellow, in terminal racemes, sepals pale lime green. Common in Omuramba. Thick bush.

2 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 2m high. Leaves: paired, leaflets leathery, 8-10 veined.

Small to medium-sized tree, 3-5 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped, copper coloured to brown, wings yellowish-green. Leaves large, drooping, opposite, softly pubescent below, glabrous above.

Shrub; Notes: Large shrub, up to 3 m high. Fruit 4-winged, apple-shaped in outline, rusty brown. Leaves small, opposite, obovate, hairy, apex mucronate. Stems grey. Scattered, but restricted to Omuramba.

Shrub; Notes: Tall shrub, up to 3 m high. Leaves small, obovate with a notched or mucronate apex, velvety. Fruit 4-winged pods, apple-shaped in outline, coppery. Stems brown, bark peeling in long threads. Frequent in Omuramba. Thick bush.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 25 cm high. Flowers yellow, petals spatulate, 2-lobed, subtended by a falcate bract. Bract slit open to base, margins covered with erect hairs. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, softly pubescent, ochna hairy, densely appressed to stem. White sand. Scattered under trees in shade.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 50cm high. Leaves: alternate, ovate-elliptic, folded in midrib, margin smooth; ligule fringed. Flowers: terminal, orange-yellow.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: blue. Leaves: elliptic - lanceolate.

25 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 25 cm high. Flowers small, blue, spathe valves fused at the base, bracts sparsely covered with bristly hairs. Leaves elliptic, scabrid, tapering into a long narrow cylinder at the base, ochna with red bristles along the margins. Stems erect, hairy, green. White sand. Under trees in shade.

Annual herb, 10-15 cm high. Flowers blue, spathe short and compact with a few hairs on the outside. Leaves alternate, small, elliptic, sessile, leaf lamina undulating.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high. Flower: bright yellow. Leaves: single, ovate - elliptic, margin wavy.

Herb; Notes: Small annual herb, 5 - 10 cm high. Stems mostly unbranched, erect, herbaceous, light green, sparsely pubescent. Leaves linear, lamina long and narrow. Stipules very long and narrow, reddish. Flowers small, yellow, sessile, in pairs in the terminal leaf axils. Pods long, linear, narrow, split into 3 horns at the apex. Common but localized.

60 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 60cm high. Flowers: bright yellow with red stripes. Leaves: trifoliate, leaflets elliptic.

3 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, about 2-3m high. Leaves: single, elliptic, undersurface shiny and above green. Fruit: silver.

Climber; Herb; Notes: Climbing herb. Stems thin, brown, with milky latex, occasionally climbing. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green with yellowish venation, apex pointed. Fruit a horned pod, in pairs. Occasional. In woodlands under trees in partial shade. White sand.

Herb; Notes: Herb, 20 - 35 cm high. Leaves opposite, elliptic, dark green, veins yellowish, apex pointed. Stems thin, dark brown, sometimes twining, with milky latex. Fruit immature, long, cylindrical. White sand. Common.

1.2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1.2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringed membrane, base cordate. Inflorescence terminal, spikelets clustered. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane. Leaf base cordate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescencea spike. Spikelet awns twisted, black.

grass; Notes: Tall tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets clustered. Occasional.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point, leaf base cordate. Ligule a membrane. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba, in full sun.

Perennial grass, 40 cm high. Short nodes. Inflorescence digitate.

20 cm high; grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, 20 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common, in moist sandy soil of vlei, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, matforming, 50 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

50 cm high; grass; Notes: Stoloniferous, 50 cm high grass. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

40 cm high; grass; Notes: Matforming, ascendent, 40 cm high grass. Leaves ovate to linear, ligule a fringe of hairs, a tuft of hair at auricle. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common, in full sun, in moist sandy soil of omuramba.

80 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 80 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, branched. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

50 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 50 cm high sedge. Basal part red-brown. Culm triangular. Inflorescence subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets white, clustered. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil of omuramba.

sedge; Notes: Tufted, annual, bulbous based sedge. Leaves mainly basal. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

70 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous based, annual, 50 cm high sedge. Leaves basal, linear. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets white, clustered. Occasional, in sandy soil, in shade of tree.

70 cm high; sedge; Notes: 70 cm high sedge. Leaves basal, lanceolate. Culms striate, triangular. Heads terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: Rhizomatous, 60 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three unequal leafy bracts. Spikelets terminal, clustered, white. Bulb scales red-brown. Occasional, in sandy soil in full sun.

90 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous, 90 cm high sedge. Stems triangular. Bulb scales light brown. Inflorescence subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Uncommon, in sandy soil of firebreak, in full sun.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: Bulbous based, 60 cm high sedge. Leaves linear, mainly basal. Culm triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by 3 leafy bracts. Spikelets clustered, white. Occasional, in full sun, in moist sandy soil.

Annual climber, growing in partial shade under tree. Stems maroon, round, climbing in Piliostigma tree. Leaves palmate, leaflets 5, petiole short, with leaf opposed tendrils. Fruit grape-like, fleshy, ovoid, green. Flowers small, pale yellow.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Prostrate, 80 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, margin serrate, base cordate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Spikelet secund. Converging point of inflorescence branches hairy. Uncommon.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high grass. Culm nodes purple coloured. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a soft, digitate raceme. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme, junction of raceme branches hairy. Occasional.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems white tomentose, upright. Leaves ovate, tapering into a petiole, under surface grey tomentose, upper surface light green, margin serrate. Uncommon, in clay, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a membrane, delicate. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted, rhizomatous grass. Basal parts pubescent. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Occasional.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass, yellow green in colour. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, digitate raceme. Occasional, in moist sandy soil of omuramba, in full sun.

Climber; Notes: Climbing herb. Inflorescence: a spike, cream in colour. Leaves: whorled, arranged around the stem.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub, up to 1m tall. Leaves drooping, large, oval with a teat-shaped apex, shiny, green with yellow venation. Stems lax, thin, brown, with milky latex. White sand. Common.

1 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 1 m high. Leaves drooping, large, oval, thinly textured, dark green, shiny, petiole long, slender, yellow. Stems brown, slender, sparsely branched from the base, with milky latex. No flowers or fruit. White sand. Common.

Herb, 0.20 m high. Hairy at internodes. Flowers in leaf axils in elongated bracts, white. Leaves opposite, elliptic, margin serrate and wavy.

Grass 40 cm high. Stem flattened, smooth towards the base. Ligule fringe of short hairs. Inflorescence digitate.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2m high. Branchlets, opposite arranged. Leaves: lax, green. Fruits: green berries, in clusters.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 20cm high. Leaves: opposite. Flowers: appears in whorled arranged bracts, orange.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 60 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Culm nodes covered by a ring of soft hairs. Leaves lanceolate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, soft, contracted panicle. Common, in full sun, in gravel along road verge.

Grass 70 cm high. Erect, smooth and stiff. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, blackish-green single spikelets.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, softly pubescent, 70 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Culm nodes covered by soft hairs. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along roadside.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Anual, 60 cm high grass. Culms geniculate, softly pubescent. Culm nodes thickened, covered by soft hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a soft, contrcated panicle.Common, in full sun along roadverge.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Nodes red coloured. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets straw coloured. Lowest inflorescence branches whorled with a tuft of axillary hairs. Common.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green, 90 cm high grass. Leaves inrolled. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, straw coloured. Common. In WIND under Eragrostis rigidior

Perennial, spreading grass. Leaves leathery, basal. Ligule membranous. Inflorescence paniculate, fine spikelets. Filed in WIND under Eragrostis trichophora

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high blue-green grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle, lowest inflorescence branches whorled. Bushmen (Caprivi) use it for thatching. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun. Filed at WIND as Eragrostis rigidior

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Culms geniculate. Leaves lanceolate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches whorled. Common, in full sun, in sandy soil. Filed at WIND as Eragrostis rigidior

Graminoid; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligue a fringe of hairs. Leaves inrolled. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches whorled, a tuft of hairs protruding from the axils of the inflorescence branches. Occasional, in sandy soil in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in full sun, in damp clay soil of omuramba.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass, blue-green in colour. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle, branches purple. Spikelets linear, straw coloured with a purple tinge. Common, in moist sandy soil of vlei.

Graminoid; Notes: Tall, annual, blue-green grass. Leaves inrolled, tapering to a fine point. Ligule a fringed membrane. Culm nodes yellow coloured. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate, inrolled. Inflorescence an open panicle, spikelets cordate, straw-coloured when mature. Uncommon.

Erect, annual grass. Leave margins with long space hairs. Inflorescence lax raceme, with big sessile compact spikelets.

1 m high; grass; Notes: 1 m high grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured with a red tinge. Common, in full sun, moist sandy soil of depression.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 70 cm high grass. Leaves ovate. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs with a tuft of woolly hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence an open panicle. Spikelets cordate, straw coloured. Occasional.

Shrub; Notes: Low shrubs up to 1 m high, with drooping foliage. Leaves compound, alternate, stipules present, leaflets large, oblong to rhombic, asymmetric, velvety, midrib displaced, light green below. Stems light brown, coppicing shoots velvety. Mixed shrubland and woodland. White sand. Common.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Leaves: compound, tomentose, opposite leaflets.

5 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, up to 5m high. Leaves: compound, opposite, leaflets sub-opposite arranged, tomentose, subsessile. Fruit: green, legume, leathery, constricted at seeds.

Herb; Notes: Hairy, prostrate herb. Flower: head in leaf axils. Leaves: opposite, with brown centre, margin serrate.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb. Leaves: opposite, minute, green.

30 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 30cm high. Flowers: single, blue in colour.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers small, blue with a white centre, one open at a time. Stems many from the base, thin, covered with erect hairs. Leaves sessile. Occasional on roadverge.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Flowers: purple, clustered, stamen more than 5. Leaves: linear-lanceolate, bicolourous. Stem: red.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Leaves: linear. Flowers: purple, minute.

1 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, about 1m high. Leaves: single. Flowers: yellow, tubular.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 80 - 100 cm high. Inflorescence a long graceful spike, flowers pale yellow with red venation, opening pointing down. Leaves few, lanceolate, venation parallel. Corms 2 cm in diameter, brownish outside, round. In depression. Voucher for photograph.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 60 - 80 cm high. Inflorescence a few-flowered spike. Flowers pale yellow with red venation. Leaves linear, narrow, tapering into a pointed apex, with prominent parallel venation. Very attractive when in flower. Has horticultural potential. Black clay. Rare.

Climber; Notes: Fleshy climber, on host Dialium. Leaves: whorled arranged, apex tendrillate. Flowers: red- orange, terminal.

Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, up to 1 m above ground. Stems floppy, unbranched, round. Leaves sessile, glossy green, lanceolate, tips transformed into tendrils. Flowers large, showy, held upside down like a lantern, tepals reflexed, red, yellow at the base filaments green. Black clay. Occasional. Voucher for photograph.

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: whorled, ovate, apex end in tendrils, base broadly tapering. Flower: bright orange/ yellow corolla in six whorled lobes; 6 stamen. Exposure: shade.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate herb, soft hairy. Leaves: obovate. Inflorescence: a terminal spike, white flowers.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub. Branches drooping, brown, covered with a dense velvety indumentum. Leaves large, elongated-ovate, base asymmetric, grey below, green above, velvety, margins finely serrate. Stipules not falcate. Flowers in terminal axillary clusters, bright yellow, 2.2 cm in diameter. In Omuramba.

50 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 50 cm high. Flowers large, yellow, in 3's in leaf axils, stamens in one column. Leaves drooping, alternate, elliptic, base cordate/oblique, grey and velvety below, green above, margins finely serrulate, stipules long, linear, not falcate. Stems drooping, floppy, round, brown, young shoots with a dense brown indumentum. Frequent at the edge of pans.

80 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Spreading shrub with arching branches, 80 cm high. Branches grey, woody, arched. Leaves slightly drooping, curled up, velvety, grey below, green above, lamina elongated-elliptic, base asymmetric, margins finely serrate. Fruit in clusters on lower parts of branches, 1 or 2-lobed, round, green. Frequent. White sand at edge of depression. Limestone.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2m high. Stem: rounded. Leaves: soft textured, alternate, base assymetric, apex acute. Fruit: pedicel split in 2, each one bearing a single or paired berry, green-yellow.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Stiff hairy shrub, 2m high. Leaves: papery, rough surface, margin dentate, base rounded, apex acute, alternate. Flowers: axillary, calyx yellowish, recurved, corolla yellow recurved, many stamens. Stem: round.

Dwarf shrub; Notes: Dwarf shrub, 20 - 30 cm high. Stems sticky, covered with glandular hairs, erect, green, branched. Leaves small, elliptic, glandular, sparsely stellate pubescent, margins toothed, stipules present. Flowers small, nodding, bell-shaped, pale orange, single, axillary. Black clay. Scattered in floodplain.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high, rhizomatous grass. Leaves folded in middle, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet awns brown, twisted. Common.

grass; Notes: Tufted grass. Leaves folded in the middle. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet awns black, twisted. Occasional.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 80 cm high grass. Leaves linear, blue-green. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a spike. Awns dark brown to black, twisted. Occasional, in gravel, in full sun along roadverge.

990 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green, 90 cm high grass. Dried leaves red tinged. Inflorescence terminal. Spikelet awns twisted. Occasional, in full sun, in gravel along roadside.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Leaves palmate, alternate, leaflets 5, sparsely pubescent with irritant hairs below. Flowers large, showy, pale yellow with dark maroon base. Epicalyx stiff, needle-like, protruding, sparsely covered with bristles. Stems floppy, ascending, maroon, glaucous, sparsely covered with irritant hairs. On roadverge. Occasional.

Shrub; Notes: Shrub with squared stem and tendrils. Inflorescence: terminal flowers white, minute. Leaves: whorled, margins dentate.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green 2 m high grass. Leaves ovate, tapering to a sharp point. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Occasional.

2 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high, yellow-green in colour grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, yellow-green grass. Ligule a triangular membrane. Spikelets terminal, pedicellate.

10 cm high; Herb; Notes: Upright herb, 10cm high, with compound leaves, folded in midrib. Flowers: pink. Fruit: green, legume.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate, tomentose herb. Inflorescence a spike. Flowers: pink.

2 m high; Climber; Notes: Annual climber, 2 m high. Leaves large, cordate, on a long, stiff petiole, light green below with white netted venation, dark green above. Flowers large, axillary, trumpet shaped, faded, pale purple shaded deep purple towards the centre. Stems twining, light grey, velvety. Capsules immature, obovate, green. Rare.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual climber. Flowers large, trumpet shaped, single, pale purple flushed dark purple towards the centre. Leaves large, cordate, alternate, dark green above, white below with netted venation. Stems floppy. Large underground tuber. White sand. Growing under a tree in shade. Rare. Voucher for photograph.

Annual climber. Inflorescence in clusters. Calyx hairy. Flowers trumpet-shaped, blue, tube white. Leaves heart-shaped, sparsely hairy.

0.5 m high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 0.5m high. Stem: yellowish. Leaves: linear. Fruits: cream, sessile, 4 projections found on the tip. Flowers: on a long pedicel, tubular, cream.

60 cm high; sedge; Notes: 60 cm high sedge. Stem triangular. Inflorescence subtended by leafy bracts, terminal, globular, white. Occasional, in shade of tree, in sandy soil of omuramba.

40 cm high; sedge; Notes: 40 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by leafy bracts, globular, white. Leaves linear. In full sun in moist sandy soil.

20 cm high; sedge; Notes: 20 cm high sedge. Leaves lanceolate. Culms triangular. Heads globose, terminal, white. Uncommon, in moist sandy soil, in shade of trees.

30 cm high; sedge; Notes: Tufted, 30 cm high sedge. Leaves linear. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, globose, white. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

40 cm high; sedge; Notes: Annual, 40 cm high sedge. Culms triangular. Inflorescence terminal, subtended by three leafy bracts, globular, white. Occasional, under tree.

80 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 80 cm high. Leaves softly pubescent, decurrent. Occasional, in full sun.

Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, softly pubescent. Leaves decurrent. Strongly aromatic. Uncommon, in full sun in gravel along roadverge.

80 cm high; Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 80 cm high, soft to the touch, white tomentose. Leaves decurrent, veins prominent on undersurface. Strongly aromatic. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil along roadverge.

40 cm high; Shrub; Notes: Herbaceous shrub, growing in shade under tree, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale purple, in a dense axillary spike, peduncles shorter than leaves, 1 - 3 cm long. Leaves opposite, ovate, thin, dark green above, white below. Stems square, hairy, herbaceous.

Suffrutex 60 cm high. Stem square. Leaves opposite, ovate. Margin serate, venation prominent on the under surface. Flowers clustered, minute, tubular, purple. Fruits lilac berries.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Smooth stemmed, dark green herb, 50cm high. Flower: minute, white, sessile. Leaves: linear. Fruits: translucent, round.

Shrub; Notes: Hirsute shrub. Leaves opposite, ovate, margin serrate, veins prominent on undersurface. Inflorescence terminal. Ray florets dark yellow, spread open, disc florets yellow. Uncommon.

Shrub; Notes: Shrubby, stems scabrid, red tinged. Leaves opposite, ovate, veins prominent below, margin serrate. Flower heads terminal, axillary, yellow. Common, in full sun.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: 50 cm high, hirsute herb. Leaves opposite, decussate, ovate, margin serrate. Heads terminal, ray and disc florets yellow. Common, in shade of trees in sandy soil.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 - 50 cm high. Flowers deep yellow, in heads. Leaves opposite, somewhat scabrid below. Stems erect, scabrid, herbaceous. Black clay. Occasional. In shade under tree.

0.5 m high; Shrub; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex shrub, 0.5m high. Leaves: compound, leaflets opposite, sessile to sub-sessile, tomentose, obovate to elliptic. Inflorescence: a panicle. Flower: opposite, yellow, trumpet-shape.

40 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Low suffrutex, 40 cm high. Flowers deep yellow, large, in pairs in terminal leaf axils. Bracts as large as the sepals, cordate, wavy. Leaves large, drooping, ovate, velvety. Stems erect, woody at the base, shoots light green, velvety. In Omuramba.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high grass. Old leaves curled, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Nodes thickened, covered with soft hairs. Occasional.

60 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, annual, 60 cm high grass. Culms thin, red tinged. Nodes thickened. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelets soft hairy. Common

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 90 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate, ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets white hairy. Occasional, in full sun.

grass; Notes: 1 m high grass. Leaves lanceolate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Culm nodes thickened and hairy. Inflorescence a terminal panicle, delicate. Uncommon, in sandy soil in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high, annual, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate. Culm nodes covered by soft hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Common, in sandy soil in full sun.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high, softly pubescent grass. Nodes covered with soft hairs. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Spikelets hairy. Uncommon. In damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.

grass; Notes: Annual, tufted, softly pubescent grass. Nodes covered with soft hairs. Inflorescence an open, terminal panicle. Spikelets soft hairy. Occasional, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Culm nodes covered by a ring of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Occasional.

Creeper; Herb; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, funnel shaped. Leaves lanceolate, base 3-lobed. Capsules round. White limestone gravel. Common on road verge.

Climber; Creeper; Notes: Annual creeper or climber. Flowers yellow, trumpet shaped, single. Leaves lanceolate, with 3 teeth at the base, green. Stems filiform, prostrate or twining in grasses and herbs. Frequent. White sandy soil.

Herb; Creeper; Notes: Annual prostrate herb. Flowers yellow, corolla rotate, delicate. Leaves lanceolate with a 3-lobed base, green. Stems thin, creeping or twining. Capsules round. White loamy sand. Common on roadverge.

2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Shrub, 2m high. Leaves: compound, opposite, shiny appearance.

60 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 60 cm high. Flowers in a terminal raceme, small, deep purple. Leaves compound, trifoliolate, stipules present. Stems erect, green, hairy. Voucher for photograph. Very attractive when in flower. Would make a good garden plant. Scattered but localized, in Omuramba.

0.5 m high; Shrub; Notes: Low shrub, 0.5m high. Flowers: deep blue. Leaves: trifoliate, terminal leaflet larger than the other two.

50 cm high; Suffrutex; Notes: Suffrutex, 50cm high. Leaves: trifoliate, leathery, obovate. Flowers: terminal, mauve.

Shrub; Notes: Low shrublet, with leathery, elongated leaves, alternate. Terminal growing tips on leaflets.

20 cm high; Herb; Notes: Aromatic herb, 20cm high. Stem: hairy, squared. Leaves: opposite, ovate, margins dentate. Inflorescence: terminal, flowers found in bracts, minute.

0.5 m high; Geophyte; Notes: Single stemmed geophyte, 0.5m high. Leaves: single broadly lanceolate-elliptic. Inflorescence: a panicle with orange flowers. Underground organ: bulb, with brown horizontal stripes.

1 m high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 1m high. Elongated-ovate, leaves are found at the nodes. Inflorescence: terminal raceme, bright orange flowers.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Flowers: light pink, rosette shape. Leaves: alternate, hairy, linear, ligule with long hairs.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 50cm high. Leaves: linear, lax, tomentose, herb; ligule fringe. Flowers: white, single, terminal, rosette shaped.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Soft lax herb, 50cm high. Leaves: linear-ovate, ligule fringe with long hairs. Flowers: alternate, white rosettes.

Annual herb up to 30 cm high. Stems and leaves softly pubescent. Leaves linear. Flowers small, white. Fruit immature, with 3 wings, hairy, light green.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Leaves inrolled, ligule a fringed membrane. Culms red tinged. Inflorescence a terminal, open panicle. Inflorescence branches sub-opposite to whorled. Common, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence an open panicle. Occasional, in sandy soil of firebreak, in full sun.

Erect grass, 1 m high. Stem thick, 1 cm in diameter, hairy at the nodes. Inflorescence paniculate, first row of the inflorescence whorled, other alternately arranged. Spikelets purplish.

Herb; Suffrutex; Notes: Procumbent, suffrutex herb. Leaves: bicoloured, elliptic, base tapering, texture leathery, petiole thickened. Fruits: brown, round to oval.

Shrub; Suffrutex; Notes: Low suffrutex shrub. Leaves: leathery, bicolourous, shiny green above and grey undersurface, elliptic-lanceolate.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Leaves: cordate on a long petiole. Flowers: orange; calyx and epi-calyx green.

Shrub; Notes: Spreading herbaceous shrub. Flowers light yellow with a maroon centre, style branched. Epicalx lobes many, filiform. Leaves cordate, 5-lobed, dark green, felty. Stems floppy, erect to ascending, light green, felty. Frequent on roadverges and disturbed areas.

Suffrutex; Notes: Spreading shrubby herb, 60 - 70 cm high. Plant covered with irritant hairs. Leaves alternate, large, cordate in outline, 5-lobed, felty. Flowers large, pale yellow with a dark maroon centre. Stems flaccid. Common on roadverge.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3m high. Leaves: compound, leaflets opposite, rachis reddish-brown, hairy. Fruit: 2-seeded, flattened.

Shrub; Tree; Notes: Trees or shrubs, 2 - 15 m high. Common at the edge of pans. Young shoots densely covered with fine rusty brown hairs, trunk grey. Leaves feathery, with 4 - 9 pairs of pinnae, leaflets densely hairy below. Pods flat, winged, tapering into a pointed tip, light green, velvety.

15 cm high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 15cm high. Rachis velvet, rush-brown. Leaves: compound, leaflets mucronate, bicolourous. Fruit: brown, legume, one seeded.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, clasping stem, purple tinged, margin serrate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelet bristles purple tinged. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

90 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 90 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, margin ciliate. Ligule a membrane. Inflorescence a terminal spike, awns purple, soft. Occasional, in full sun, in sandy soil.

Erect grass, 60 cm high. Leaves basel, ovate, margins ciliate. Inflorescence a terminal spike, about 15 cm long.

10 cm high; Herb; Notes: Small herb, 10cm high. Leaves: linear, alternate. Fruit: green.

12 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 12m high, leaves very big, deep lobed at the apex, base auriculate, 4 main veins going out from the base on each leaflet; petiole thickened at the base.

Herb; Notes: Herb with 4-angled fruit. Stems many from the base, flaccid, twining at the tip, unbranched, very thin, sparsely pubescent. Leaves lanceolate, long and narrow, alternate, base lanceolate. Fruit 4-angled, drooping, light green below, dark green above, pubescent. White sand. In shade under tree. Scattered.

20 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, about 20m high. Leaves: alternate, ovate-elliptic. Fruit: round with long trichomes in the centre.

Herb; Notes: Procumbent herb. Leaves: cordate, trifoliate. Inflorescence: a raceme with yellow flowers.

Geophyte, 0.30 m above ground. Berries orange to red, in a dense umbel, scape fleshy. Leaves large, oval, held erect and apressed against the scape, shiny, green, undulating, base amplexicaul.

Many-stemmed shrub up to 3 m high. Leaves palmate, dark green above, light green below. Bark grey. Flowers and fruit absent.

70 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 70 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Common, in sandy soil of omuramba.

grass; Notes: Tufted, glandular pubescent grass. Cataphylls hairs. Culms red tinged. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringed membrane. Inflorescence a terminal panicle. Common.