South Africa, together with Lesotho and Swaziland, has a diverse landscape and equally varied flora, which encompasses some 19,000 shrubs and herbs, a large proportion of which bear flowers of intricate and often stunning beauty. Field Guide to Wildflowers of South Africa describes more than 1,100 of these, highlighting the most conspicuous species and those most likely to be encountered across the country. A novel identification aid and easy-to-use keys guide users to the correct family and genus, while individual species descriptions, clear photographs, distribution maps and flowering seasons help pinpoint the plant. With this guide, wildflower enthusiasts at all levels will now be able to identify plants accurately in any part of South Africa.
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Dr John Manning is a Specialist Scientist at the National Botanical Institute, Kirstenbosch. He is a world specialist on the bulbs of southern Africa but has wide-ranging interests in all aspects of South Africa's flora. He has published widely in scientific journals and is also committed to popularizing the indigenous flora. He is the author or co-author of several popular wildflower guides.
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For Any Flower Lover,
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Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa by John Manning This is the perfect guide for identifying wild flowers, over 1,000 pictured in gorgeous photos. The guide is also perfect for botanists and for hikers and gardeners. The plants are divided into 10 categories, according to similar characteristics, which are explained in the first few pages of the book. Then each flower pictured is verbally described in detail and a chart shows the peak blooming months and a little map shows where in South Africa each is most prolific. The book is a very valuable guide for anyone who loves flowers, and many of the species of other continents can be identified with this book also, since many have been sent to other countries and domesticated to their new homes. EXCELLENT!
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This book is quite detailed and you find an ID for a flower by going thru several steps - monocot or dicot, opposite or alternate leaves, various small flower structures. Like a Newcomb's for U.S. flowers. I took it on a birding tour and it didn't work at all for me, because I couldn't take the time to study the plants in the needed detail. I needed a simple book sorted by color and then very basic flower structure. e.g. composite. This would likely be good for a botanical tour, or if you were on your own and could take the needed time.
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I was so happy the day I got this book home. I read and marveled at the very good pictures, descriptions and generally interesting information in a very clear type and layout
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