Photo Guide to the Wildflowers of South Africa

Photo Guide to the Wildflowers of South Africa (Revised Edition) addresses the challenge of South Africa's extraordinarily rich flora featuring around 19,000 different wildflower species. Most flower identification guides cover only small areas or include too few species to be useful. This comprehensive countrywide wildflower guide overcomes these deficiencies by carefully selecting nearly 900 of the most common and conspicuous wildflowers occurring in South Africa and the neighbouring countries of Lesotho, Swaziland and Namibia.

Essential for botanists, nature photographers, plant enthusiasts, and wildflower identification specialists!

This authoritative botanical field guide features an easy-to-use format that divides the country into three main wildflower regions – Grassland and Savannah, Fynbos, and Namaqualand – systematically grouping indigenous plant species into each bioregion. Each wildflower species is professionally illustrated and described with common and scientific names, habitat information, detailed distribution maps, flowering times and traditional local plant uses.

Ideal for: Botanists • Plant ecologists • Nature photographers • Botanical students • Plant enthusiasts • Nature guides • Wildflower lovers • Hiking enthusiasts • Conservation practitioners • Garden designers • Botanical researchers • Environmental educators

Authored and illustrated by botanical professionals with extensive field guide experience, this is the definitive key to unlocking South Africa's wildflower heritage and understanding the country's remarkable botanical diversity.