Semi-arid vegetation type of the Succulent Karoo of South Africa
Typical Robertson Karoo vegetation in the hills above Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden, Worcester
Robertson Karoo is a semi-arid vegetation type, restricted to sections of the Breede River Valley, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is a subtype of Succulent Karoo (geographically an extension of the "Little Karoo") and is characterised by the dominance of succulent plant species, and by several endemic plants and animals.
RobertsonKaroo is a semi-arid vegetation type, restricted to sections of the Breede River Valley, Western Cape Province, South Africa. It is a subtype...
The Karoo (/kəˈruə/ kə-ROO-ə; from the Afrikaans borrowing of the South Khoekhoe !Orakobab or Khoemana word ǃ’Aukarob "Hardveld") is a semi-desert natural...
natural vegetation of the area, such as the succulents of the unique RobertsonKaroo vegetation type, and patches of the threatened Breede Shale Renosterveld...
southern edge of the arid Karoo region, throughout the "Little Karoo" in the southern Cape, as far west as the RobertsonKaroo and the Swartland just outside...
Drosanthemum micans (the "Robertson vygie"), is a succulent plant in the ice plant family, Aizoaceae, indigenous to the RobertsonKaroo and Overberg regions...
Molteno – Baviaanskloof mountain range Gasteria disticha (L.) Haw. – RobertsonKaroo and surrounds, Western Cape G. disticha var. disticha (L.) Haw. – south-west...
Eriospermum, endemic to the RobertsonKaroo region of the Western Cape Province, South Africa. This species is endemic to the RobertsonKaroo region. Its habitat...
centred on the RobertsonKaroo vegetation of the Breede River Valley. It also extends north-east as far as Laingsburg. Here is occurs in Karoo scrub. It is...
Astroloba rubriflora is a succulent plant found in the mountainous Karoo area around Robertson, South Africa. It is listed as a Vulnerable species on the IUCN...
The Robertson dwarf chameleon, also known as the Little Karoo dwarf chameleon, (Bradypodion gutturale) is a chameleon in the genus Bradypodion. It is...
pumila/maxima/margaritifera, this is the far western species, occurring in the RobertsonKaroo vegetation in the Western Cape, South Africa. It is the largest species...
Crassula cotyledonis is a succulent plant endemic to the arid Namaqualand and Karoo regions of South Africa. This plant forms a low, sparse rosette. Its tiny...
naturally occurs in the southern Cape, from Cape Town eastwards to the RobertsonKaroo, Caledon, and east of Swellendam. Wikimedia Commons has media related...
flowers and appears between September and December. It occurs in the RobertsonKaroo vegetation of the Breede River Valley in the Western Cape, South Africa...
Cape, South Africa, in the RobertsonKaroo, the far western edge of the Overberg region, the western edge of the Little Karoo and surrounding areas of the...
succulent plant belonging to the family Crassulaceae. It is widespread in the Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia. A small, sparse, shrubby species. Crassula...
Little Karoo, in the RobertsonKaroo, and in the Overberg region. It is closely related to Curio citriformis, which occurs in the Little Karoo to the...
often on sheltered south-east facing slopes, in the RobertsonKaroo, Little Karoo and western Great Karoo regions of South Africa. It occurs from Worcester...
Crassula) is a succulent plant, very common and widespread in the southern Karoo regions of South Africa and Namibia. This species is extremely variable...
Douglas and Sutherland-Karoo, Western Cape: Breedekloof district of the Breede River Valley - Goudini and Slanghoek Robertson district of the Breede River...
in the south-west of South Africa. It is common in the Overberg, RobertsonKaroo and West Coast regions of the Western Cape Province. Although its centre...
the Langeberg mountains. Duvalia vestita is rarely recorded from the RobertsonKaroo and Breede River Valley. Here, it co-occurs with typical D.caespitosa...
leaves.[citation needed] In South Africa, this species occurs from the RobertsonKaroo in the south, northwards along the western part of the country, in...
from Namaqualand in the north, to Cape Town in the south. In the Little Karoo region, it extends eastwards as far as the town of Matjiesfontein. In the...
Namaqualand region of South Africa, as far south as the Ceres Karoo, and Worcester in the RobertsonKaroo. It also extends slightly into the northern Overberg...
western Cape, in the RobertsonKaroo, from Worcester eastwards into the western Little Karoo and northwards into the Tanqua Karoo. It is usually found...
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