Westcoast South African Wild Flower Guide - John Manning

 Westcoast South African Wild Flower Guide - John Manning

(Cape Town: Botanical Society of South Africa, 1996)

210 x 148 mm; laminated pictorial wrappers; map inside upper cover; pp. 240 incl. index; full-page colour photographs of each species described. Fine condition. Essential guide to an area noted for its spectacular seasonal displays of flowers. This field guide covers a strip some 50 km wide along the west coast of Western Cape Province extending from Melkbosstrand in the south to Velddrif and the Berg River in the north. It is an area of mild wet winters and hot dry summers when temperatures can reach 38 degrees C. The average annual rainfall over the area varies between 125 and 350 mm virtually all of it falling between April and September.””