Mountain Flowers

A Field Guide to the Flora of the Drakensberg and Lesotho

Elsa Polley

First Edition 2003

This publication is a guide to the magnificent plants of the high mountains of the Drakensberg and Lesotho in Southern Africa. It illustrates over 1000 wild flowers, trees, shrubs and ferns (with a few grasses).

The awe-inspiring scenery, from the sandstone cliffs to the basalt peaks, with frequent snow and ice in winter, is home to high altitude plants known as alpines.This mountain region of southern Africa includes Thabo Ntlenana in Lesotho, at 3482m the highest peak south of Mt. Kilimanjaro.