Lesotho and the neighbouring uKhahlamba-Drakensberg in South Africa constitute a hub of floral biodiversity comprising more than 2,000 plant indigenous plant species of which 30 percent occur nowhere else in the world. Most visible among these is a kaleidoscopic array of spring and summer wildflowers, but the floral landscape of Lesotho has much to offer at all times of year. Eight of Lesotho’s most interesting plants are described below; most can be seen in the Katse Botanical Garden, which was created in 1995 to protect the country’s vulnerable Alpine flora.
