Records made by Bartsch

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Flowers blue, sessile, enclosed in bracts, filaments feathery, blue, anthers yellow, bracts woolly. Stems and leaves woolly. Leaves narrowly lanceolate, long, glabrous above. White loamy sand. Rare. Growing under trees in partial shade. Voucher for photograph.

Herb; Notes: Herb. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, blue, filaments feathery, tepals short, bracts with a white woolly indumentum. Leaves very long, lanceolate, stiff, held erect, folded along the midrib, covered with a white woolly indumentum. Voucher for photograph. Growing under trees in shade. Scattered. White sandy soil.

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.

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: 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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, 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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 grass. Old leaves curled, pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Nodes thickened, covered with soft hairs. Occasional.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, 1 m high, softly pubescent grass. Leaves ovate. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike, bristles yellow coloured. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun in moist depression.

grass; Notes: Tufted, perennial, softly pubescent grass. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Leaves ovate, tapering to a fine point. Inflorescence a raceme, spikelets clustered.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 80 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, softly pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal raceme, bristles yellow. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, blue-green, 1 m high grass. Basal sheaths pubescent. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelet bristles yellow. Occasional.

50 cm high; Herb; Notes: Shrubby herb, 50 cm high. Flowers pale orange, perianth rotate. Leaves elongated-oval, grey-green, discolorous. Stems many from the base, unbranched, erect. Fruit present, mature and immature round capsules, enclosed in calyx.

80 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 80 cm high grass. Leaves mainly basal. Inflorescence an open panicle, red tinged, delicate. Common.

3 m high; Tree; Notes: Tree, 3 m high. Trunk grey, covered with thick corky bark, longitudinally fissured. Leaves opposite, obovate to round, hairy above and below, 5 veins arising from the base, runnning parallel. Fruit round, hard, up to 5 cm in diameter, green with white speckles. Uncommon. Dry woodland, white loamy sand.

1 m high; grass; Notes: Tufted, 1 m high grass. Culms red tinged. Young growth softly pubescent. Ligule a membrane. Spikelets red-brown coloured when mature. Common, in damp clay soil of omuramba in full sun.

grass; Notes: Tufted, 2 m high grass. Ligule a fringed membrane. Leaf margin serrate. Inflorescence clustered. Common.

15 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 15 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin ciliate. Inflorescence a terminal spike. Spikelets covered with soft, hooked spines. Common, next to field, in moist sandy soil.

40 cm high; grass; Notes: Annual, 40 cm high grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin cilliate. Inflorescence a terminal raceme. Spikelets covered with soft hooked spines. Common, in sandy soil, in full sun.

Herb; Notes: Prostrate annual herb. Flowers yellow, less than 1.5 cm in diameter. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 7 - 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets small, densely hairy below, apex pointed. Fruit spiny, round, segmented. Stems prostrate to ascending, maroon to light brown. White sandy loam, limestone gravel, cleared roadverge. Common.

Herb; Notes: Annual herb. Stems prostrate to ascending, sparsely covered with erect hairs. Flowers yellow, petals up to 1.2 cm long. Leaves compound, paripinnate, with 8 pairs of leaflets per leaf, leaflets densely hairy below. White loamy sand. Frequent.

grass; Notes: Annual grass. Leaves ovate, base cordate, margin entire, red tinged. Ligule a fringe of hairs. Inflorescence a terminal, open raceme. Plant pubescent.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, fading to rusty brown, in axillary clusters. Leaves alternate, elongate-elliptic, hairy. Stems erect, brown at the base, green upwards. Common on roadverge.

40 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 40 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow, in dense axillary clusters. Leaves elongated ovate, felty. Stems erect. White limestone roadverge, cleared.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Annual herb, 45 cm high. Flowers in dense axillary clusters, small, pale yellow. Leaves elongated-elliptic, felty. Stems erect. Common in disturbed areas.

45 cm high; Herb; Notes: Herb, 45 cm high. Flowers small, pale yellow fading to rusty brown, in dense axillary clusters, calyx hairy. Leaves elongated ovate, felty, dark green, venation below reticulate. Stems herbaceous, felty. Common on road verges.

1.2 m high; Shrub; Notes: Lax spreading shrub, 1.2 m high. Leaves alternate, large ovate, thinly textured, dark green, margins entire. Stems erect, round, green, sparsely hairy. Berries in dense axillary clusters, sub-sessile, red, fleshy and enclosed in a papery inflated calyx, like a gooseberry. Growing in partial shade under a tree.