Indigenous plants in Murdock Valley
Bordering on the Table Mountain National Park, Murdock Valley has a wonderful variety of endemic fynbos is to be found in the firebreaks, up the mountain, down the valleys on either side and also in many of the resident’s gardens.
Below is a list of just some of the endemic fynbos species identified in and around Murdock Valley.
| Botantical name | Common name |
| Adenandra uniflora | China flower |
| Albuca flaccida | Slime Lily |
| Albuca juncifolia | Slime Lily |
| Aspalathus chenopoda | Hiker’s horror |
| Aspalathus cordata | Heart leaved gorse |
| Aspalathus ericifolia | Heather leaved gorse |
| Babiana villosula | Babiana |
| Baeometra uniflora | |
| Berkhaya armata | Cape wild thistle |
| Bobartia indica | Rush Iris |
| Bolusafra bituminosa | Sticky tar pea |
| Capelio tabularis | Mountain Daisy |
| Carpobrutus acinaciformis | Purple sour fig |
| Cassina paragua | Cape Saffron |
| Chasmanthe aethiopica | Lesser Cobra Lily |
| Chrysocoma coma-aurea | Golden Cowcud |
| Cliffortia ruscifolia | Climber’s friend |
| Colchium eucomoides | Men-in-a-boat |
| Crassula capensis | Cape Snowdrop |
| Cyanella hyacinthoides | Lady’s hand |
| Cyphia bulbosa | Larkspur Baroe |
| Diascia capensis | Hook spur Diascia |
| Dimorphotheca nudicaulis | Snow Daisy |
| Disa bracteata | Leek Orchid |
| Erepsia anceps | Everlasting Vygie |
| Erica abietina | Red heath |
| Erica cerinthoides | Fire heath |
| Felicia aethiopica | Wild Aster |
| Geissorhiza aspera | Blue Satin Flower |
| Gladiolus brevifolius | Autumn Pipes |
| Gladiolus gracilis | Blue Pipes |
| Haemanthus sanguineus | Common Paintbrush |
| Haplocarpha lanata | Cape Fire Arcotis |
| Helichrysum cymosum | Yello tipped strawflower |
| Hermannia althaeifolia | Doll’s rose |
| Lachenalia fistulosa | Green Violet |
| Lampranthus amoenus | Lampranthus |
| Lobostemon fruticosus | Bugloss |
| Metalasia muricata | White Bristle bush |
| Microdon dubius | Cat’s Tail Bush |
| Montinia caryophyllacea | Montinia |
| Moraea collina | Yellow Cape Tulip |
| Moraea gawleri | Wire stemmed Moraea |
| Moraea lewisiae | Moraea |
| Moraea ochroleuca | Foetid Cape Tulip |
| Moraea tricuspidata | Moraea |
| Muraltia heisteria | Spiny purple gorse |
| Orobanche minor | Broomrape |
| Osteospernum moniliferum | Tickberry |
| Osyris compressa | Cape Sumach |
| Otholobium fruticans | Otholobium |
| Oxalis lananta | Sorrel |
| Oxalis polyphylla | Sorrel |
| Oxilis obtusa | Sorrel |
| Oxilis pes-caprae | Sorrel |
| Passerina corymbosa | Passerina |
| Pelargonium capitatum | Rose scented pelargonium |
| Pelargonium cucullatum | Cape Mallow |
| Pelargonium elongatum | Lesser Stork’s Bill |
| Pelargonium myrrhifolium | Pelargonium |
| Pelargonium trieste | Clove scented pelargonium |
| Polygala bracteolata | Polygala |
| Polygala garcinii | Dainty Butterfly bush |
| Polygala myrtifolia | September Butterfly bush |
| Polygala virgata | Willowy Butterfly bush |
| Protea lepidocarpodendron | Black-bearded Protea |
| Protea nitida | Wagon Tree |
| Pseudoselago spuria | Powderpuff |
| Roella ciliata | Roella |
| Romulea flava | Romulea |
| Salvia africana-caerulea | Blue Sage |
| Scabiosa columbaria | Scabious |
| Scenicio abruptus | Groundsel |
| Scenicio rigidus | Rough Ragwort |
| Searsia (Rhus) lucida | Crowberry (Taaibos) |
| Searsia (Rhus) tomentosa | Mountain Taaibos |
| Spiloxene serrata | Cape Star |
| Struthiola striata | Featherhead |
| Tarchonanthus littoralis | Coastal Camphor bush |
| Ursinia dentata | Daisy |
| Ursinia paleacea | Daisy |
| Wachendorfia paniculata | Butterfly Lily |
| Watsonia borbonica | Watsonia |