Bokkeveld Plateau

The Bokkeveld Plateau is an area in the northwest Cape that includes Cape fynbos, mountain renosterveld and succulent karoo vegetation types. Near the town of Nieuwoudtville where there has been heavy grazing in the renosterveld there is a wonderful show of annuals and geophytes which have led it to be called the bulb capital of the world. Other species grow in the doleritic clay of the mountain karoo vegetation. Grazing has eliminated the shrubs so that the smaller plants have light. Most of the low rainfall occurs in winter and spring and the greatest display of wildflowers occur from August to September. In March the Amaryllidaceae make a spectacular display as well, flowering as the temperatures drop after summer showers and before their leaves appear. There is a lot of variation in the display of flowers depending on the rainfall received and when it is received.

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Plants photographed in this area can be viewed by looking at the pages arranged alphabetically by species.

Bokkeveld Plateau A-Ba - Bokkeveld Plateau Bo-C - Bokkeveld Plateau E-H - Bokkeveld Plateau I-Me - Bokkeveld Plateau Mo-R - Bokkeveld Plateau S-Z

Information about the specific plant can be found by clicking on the name in the table. That will take you to the wiki page that has information and photos of that species. By holding the shift or control key down and clicking on the thumbnail that image in the table can be enlarged and then if you hold your mouse over the top left or right side of the photo an arrow will appear that will allow you to view the photos in the table in sequence.

Bokkeveld Plateau species
Albuca canadensis	Albuca cooperi	Albuca longipes	*Albuca maxima
Albuca massonii	Albuca setosa	Albuca suaveolens	*Androcymbium burchellii ssp. pulchrum
Babiana ambigua	Babiana framesii	Babiana praemorsa	Babiana sambucina
Babiana spp.	Babiana vanzijliae	Boophone haemanthoides	Brunsvigia bosmaniae
Bulbine succulenta	Bulbinella eburniflora	Bulbinella elegans	Bulbinella latifolia
Bulbinella nutans	Chlorophytum undulatum	Colchicum coloratum ssp. coloratum	Corycium ingeanum
Crinum variabile	Crossyne flava	Cyanella alba	Cyanella hyacinthoides
Eucomis regia	Ferraria variabilis	Geissorhiza inaequalis	Geissorhiza splendidissima
Gladiolus hyalinus	Gladiolus mostertiae	Gladiolus scullyi	Gladiolus uysiae
Gladiolus venustus	Gladiolus watermeyeri	Hesperantha bachmannii	Hesperantha cucullata
Hesperantha pauciflora	Hesperantha pilosa	Hesperantha vaginata	Ixia brunneobractea
Ixia rapunculoides	*Homeria marlothii	*Homeria vallisbelli	Lachenalia alba
Lachenalia elegans	Lachenalia mutabilis	Lachenalia sp.	Lachenalia violacea
Lapeirousia jacquinii	Lapeirousia oreogena	Massonia depressa	Melasphaerula ramosa
Moraea bubalina	Moraea citrina	Moraea gawleri	Moraea grandis
Moraea marlothii	Moraea pritzeliana	Moraea serpentina	Moraea tripetala
Moraea vallisbelli	*Onixotis stricta	Ornithogalum maculatum	*Ornithogalum suaveolens
Oxalis pes-caprae	Pauridia aquatica	Pauridia gracilipes	Pauridia serrata ssp. albiflora
Pterygodium schelpei	Romulea amoena	Romulea hirta	Romulea luteoflora
Romulea monadelpha	Romulea montana	Romulea monticola	Romulea sabulosa
Romulea sp.	Satyrium erectum	Sparaxis elegans	Sparaxis tricolor
*Spiloxene aquatica	*Spiloxene ovata	*Spiloxene serrata	Veltheimia capensis
Wachendorfia multiflora	Wachendorfia paniculata	Wurmbea stricta	Xenoscapa fistulosa
Zantedeschia odorata

Bokkeveld Plateau A-Ba - Bokkeveld Plateau Bo-C - Bokkeveld Plateau E-H - Bokkeveld Plateau I-Me - Bokkeveld Plateau Mo-R - Bokkeveld Plateau S-Z