High mistbelt grassland, dark peaty soils, wetlands, streams, some rocky outcrops. Grazing by cattle and horses in places.

Miroglossum pilosum (Apocynaceae)

Large stand of Scarlet Eriosema distinctum with close-up below (ubangalala olukhulu).

Xysmalobium tysonianum (Apocnaceae) mostly seen between rocks.

An old specimen of fungus Lycoperdon probably pulcherrimum starting to fall apart – sometimes called Golf-ball mushroom.

Two Moraea: lots of blue elliotii and only one tiny yellow trifida.

River Poker, Kniphofia fluviatilis grows with its ‘feet’ in running water.

Valeriana capensis var. lanceolata.

Large carpets of white flowering Wahlenbergia madagascariensis under the grass tufts.

Something else which occurred in large carpet colonies was this Berkheya pannosa: (flowers in September).

And then these two exotics:

Viola kitaibelliana from Slovenia

and Hybanthus parviflorus

I don’t know what this is but it may be Modiola which is also exotic:

 

Grazed grasslands, the cattle have made contours along the steep hillside to get to grazing sites.