Wild Flowers of the Limpopo Valley

Author: Retha van der Walt

Publisher: Retha van der Walt

ISBN: 978-0-639771-56-4

Extent: 464 pages Format: Softcover, Thread sewn, Full-colour throughout

This beautifully illustrated field guide with its wealth of information will contribute towards the understanding of a group of plants so striking, and individually beautiful, yet so often overlooked and disregarded as ‘weeds’. It represents a major contribution in support of the inadequate existing literature on the subject and will be equally useful for the general public and career conservationists.

This colour-coded, easy-to-use field guide includes:

• Brief descriptions for more than 400 herbaceous and semi-woody species, including information on the plant’s habitat, conservation status, etc.
• More than 700 colour photographs as a further aid to identification.
• Distribution maps including South Africa, Namibia and Botswana.
• Detailed margin leaf drawings.
• Origin of scientific names.
• English and Afrikaans common names.
• Indexes to scientific and common names
• Detailed glossary and glossary plate.
• Botanical terminology English/Afrikaans.
• Step-by-step guide to the collection of plant material.
• Information on the region.