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Can anyone help with an ID for this flower, seen at Nylsvley (Limpopo) in late April 2012.

Thants an awesome photo arks

Could you perhaps give me a brief description of the plant? It will make it much easier for me to try to identify it.

Don't really know what you mean by 'description', all I have is the photo and after 4 months I don't remember any details about it

My best guess would be Blepharis subvolubilis subsp. subvolubilis, Eyelash Flower in English.

Johan

I would say it's Blepharis obtusispetala although I am surprised to see it flowering in April which is way out of its usual flowering period.

OK, now you've really aroused my curiosity! A Google search for this species results in precisely zero hits. Zero?

Johan

Thanks naturelover and Johan. I've googled a bit and Blepharis subvolubilis certainly looks like what's in my photo — and I also found nada for Blepharis obtusispetala

Can anyone help with an ID for this flower? Seen near Olifants in KNP on 25 April 2012.

Looks like cleome - don't have my flower books handy to look up scientific name at the moment.

My apologies I wrote the name down incorrectly, the right spelling is Blepharis obtusisepala.

Cleome angustifolia is the scientific name for the yellow cleome.

Thanks ecojunkie

Here's another flower that I need some help with. Seen near Olifants in KNP on 24 April 2012.




(I do know that the leaves in the foreground are mopani and not connected with the flower )

Wild hibiscus! Hibiscus cannabinus or trionum

Many thanks again EJ!