Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa
- ISBN-10
- 1775846768
- ISBN-13
- 9781775846765
- Category
- Nature
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-03
- Publisher
- Field Guides
- Author
- John Manning
Description
South Africa's varied landscape is home to some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large number of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. This field guide covers more than 1,100 species, focusing on the most common, conspicuous and 'showy' plants of the region. It offers easy-to-use keys for identifying plant families, species descriptions with vivid photographs, distribution maps and indication of flowering season. It will enable flower enthusiasts to accurately identify flowering plants encountered across South Africa.
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Other editions
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- 2019-01-01
- 488 pages
- Ebook
- Penguin Random House South Africa
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- 2013-08-22
- 490 pages
- Ebook
- Penguin Random House South Africa
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