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Can somebody please ID the plants in the foreground of this image. Taken in Augrabies NP. Thx:)
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Karas Milkbush Euphorbia gregaria

Gregarious plant obviously!


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Thank you for the ID , Klipspringer :)
I have seen many in Southern Namibia ( or similar ) but they tend to be covered with armoured crickets ..which are not my favourite ..0..


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Klipspringer wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 1:25 am Karas Milkbush Euphorbia gregaria

Gregarious plant obviously!

gregarious ... =O: =O:


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Michele Nel wrote: Tue Jan 19, 2021 10:00 am Thank you for the ID , Klipspringer :)
I have seen many in Southern Namibia ( or similar ) but they tend to be covered with armoured crickets ..which are not my favourite ..0..
E. gregaria occurs from about Helmeringhausen southwards to the Orange River where it is widespread. North of the Tropic of Capricorn you get the look-alike but not gregarious Euphorbia damarana on the gravel plains of the central Namib.

The Armoured crickets feed on everything, perhaps they can sequester the toxic Euphorbia plant matter to make the haemolyph toxic which they use in defense when attacked. Autohaemorrhaging, or reflex bleeding, is the action of animals deliberately squirting haemolyph toward a predator. The "blood" usually contains toxic compounds, making the behaviour an effective chemical defence mechanism.


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Small forb, Nelspruit hillside:
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:ty: :ty: Klippies! 0/0

So the same! :shock: :o0ps:


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Small forb, Nelspruit hillside:
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Pretty!


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