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Carpobrotus, commonly known as pigface, ice plant, sour fig, Hottentot fig, and clawberry is a genus of ground-creeping plants with succulent leaves and large daisy-like flowers. The name comes from the Ancient Greek karpos "fruit" and brotos "edible", referring to its edible fruits. Wikipedia

Listed as an invasive plant species in Portugal, this perennial creeping subshrub, with very fleshy leaves has large pink, white or yellow flowers. (invasoras.pt)

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Also known as Lion's Claw, Lion's Ear, Lion's Tail, Minaret Flower, Wild Dagga.

This semi-evergreen upright shrub is in the mint family and has a woody base and herbaceous stems. It boasts very showy rings of bright orange hairy two-lipped tubular flowers that look great in flower arrangements. Originally from South Africa, this plant is tolerant of extreme heat, drought, and dry soils. While it can freeze to the ground in the winter it will often resprout from hardened wood in the spring which is why it is often considered a perennial. [...]. Pollinators love the nectar in this plant and it is often visited by hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Google

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Aloe arborescens, the krantz aloe or candelabra aloe, is a species of flowering succulent perennial plant that belongs to the genus Aloe [...]. The specific epithet arborescens means "tree-like". Aloe arborescens is valued by gardeners for its succulent green leaves, large vibrantly-colored flowers, winter blooming, and attraction for birds, bees, and butterflies.

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Aloe arborescens is a large, multi-headed, sprawling succulent, and its specific name indicates that it sometimes reaches tree size. A typical height for this species is 2–3 metres (6.6–9.8 ft) high. Its leaves are succulent and are green with a slight blue tint. Its leaves have small spikes along its edges and are arranged in rosettes situated at the end of branches. Flowers are arranged in a type of inflorescence called a raceme. The racemes are not branched but two to several can sprout from each rosette. Flowers are cylindrical in shape and are a vibrant red-orange color. Wikipedia

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Flamevine or Orange Trumpet (Pyrostegia venusta) [...] is native to Brazil [and a] garden favorite all over the world because of [its] vigorous growth habit, and breathtakingly beautiful flowers. [...].

Leaves are dark green and glossy with 2-3 leaflets that are 7-8 cm long, with the central one modified in to a tendril for climbing. Flowers are flame-orange or deep intense vermillion in color, growing in clusters of 20 or more flowers, so large that they droop down from the plant because of the weight.

Flamevine flowers are tubular, each one about 6-9 cm long with 4 distinct petals that are curled back very beautifully. Stamens and style are very prominent, orange in color.

Once they are in bloom, the plant provides a visual and gustatory feast for small birds, bees, butterflies, and insect that come in large numbers to feast on these flowers. greencoverinitiative.com/flowering-plants/pyrostegia-venu...

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Tecomaria capensis, the Cape honeysuckle, is a species of flowering plant in the family Bignoniaceae, native to southern Africa. Despite its common name, it is not closely related to the true honeysuckle. The flowers are tubular, narrow, about 7.5 cm (3 in) long, and are produced erratically at different times throughout the year, though they typically bloom from autumn to spring. They are grouped in 10–15 cm (4–6 in) long terminal clusters. The flower colour ranges from orange to orange-red to apricot. Wikipedia

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