African violets are small houseplants that produce clusters of white, blue, or purple flowers over fuzzy leaves. African violets will bloom with lower light, but medium to bright indirect light is best. They can be a bit fussy, so check out more tips on how to make sure your African violets bloom.

King protea

Top 10: Iconic African trees

• Fever tree (Vachellia xanthophloea)
• Baobab (Adansonia)
• Saugage tree (Kigelia africana)
• Quiver tree (Aloe dichotoma)
• Leadwood (Combretum imberbe)
• Marula tree (Sclerocarya birrea)
• Whistling thorn (Vachellia drepanolobium)
• Mopane tree (Colophosphermum mopane)

North African Plants

• Asteraceae (500 spp.),
• Fabaceae (400 spp.),
• Poaceae (300 spp.),
• Caryophyllaceae (217 spp.),
• Lamiaceae (210 spp.),
• Cruciferae (Brassicaceae) (185 spp.),
• Apiaceae (160 spp.),
• Scrophulariaceae (130 spp.),

5 Amazing Plants to See on an African Safari

• Adenia globosa(Photo by Wendy Cutler, Flickr)
• Strophanthus petersianus(Wikimedia Commons)
• Spathodea campanulata(Wikimedia Commons)

PLANTS: The savanna is dominated by grasses such as Rhodes grass, red oats grass, star grass, lemon grass, and some shrubs. Most savanna grass is coarse and grows in patches with interspersed areas of bare ground. You won’t see many trees in the savanna because of little rainfall.

Oriental lilies

Floriography (language of flowers) is a means of cryptological communication through the use or arrangement of flowers. Meaning has been attributed to flowers for thousands of years, and some form of floriography has been practiced in traditional cultures throughout Europe, Asia, and Africa.

Ragweeds are flowering plants in the genus Ambrosia in the aster family, Asteraceae. They are distributed in the tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas, especially North America, where the origin and center of diversity of the genus are in the southwestern United States and northwestern Mexico.

Named after the Greek word for “Star” due to its blooms resembling a star, Asters symbolize love, wisdom, faith, and color. The Aster flower blooms in pink, red, white, lilac and mauve. This flower became a symbol of love when in Greek mythology it was placed on the altars for the gods.

These stunning flowers are believed to mean pride, strength and determination as they stand tall above all other winter blooms. Amaryllis is also a Greek name which means ‘to sparkle’.

Ragweed causes symptoms like stuffy or runny nose, sneezing, and itchy eyes. It can also trigger asthma flares. People who have ragweed allergies are reacting to its pollen. During ragweed season, one plant can release a billion grains of it into the air.