Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa
- ISBN-10
- 177584675X
- ISBN-13
- 9781775846758
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 488
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-01-01
- Publisher
- Penguin Random House South Africa
- Author
- John Manning
Description
This fully updated edition of Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa covers more than 1,100 species of flora, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and ‘showy’ plants around the region. An informative introduction discusses plant diversity, vegetation types, and includes a key to identifying plant groups. The species descriptions follow and each is accompanied by: a vivid photograph; a distribution map showing range, and an indication of the plant’s flowering season. This invaluable, up-to-date guide provides the tools and information needed to identify flowering plants across South Africa. Written by an expert in the field; fully updated edition; facilitates identification of wild flowers around South Africa; glorious full-colour photographs of each species; key to plant families for easy ID.
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Other editions
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- 2013-08-22
- 490 pages
- Ebook
- Penguin Random House South Africa
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