num_pages: 480
description: South Africa together with Lesotho and Swaziland has a diverse landscape and equally varied flora which encompasses some 19000 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 1100 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.
language: None
title: Field Guide to Wild Flowers of South Africa
publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa