Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Title: Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern Tanzania
Author: Anne Powys
Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa
Imprint: Struik Nature
Cape Town, South Africa 2019
ISBN 9781775842453 / ISBN 978-1-77-584245-3
Softcover, 11 x 19 cm, 212 pages, throughout colour photos

About: Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

With their great diversity of habitats, Kenya and northern Tanzania boast thousands of flowering plants. This compact guide features a selection of these wild flowers, grouped for ease of use according to their predominant colour, and includes some of the most widespread and commonly encountered species as well as a few more unusual ones, found only in remote areas. Easy to use, with vibrant full-colour photography and accessible, informative accounts, Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern Tanzania will help you to identify over 380 wild flowers, ranging from hardy succulents to spectacular epiphytic orchids and shaggy mountain lobelias, each concisely presented with reference to key features and typical habitat. Additional notes indicate whether a given species has particular ecological, medicinal or cultural value.

Anne Powys grew up on a working cattle ranch in northern Kenya, where she spent much of her childhood exploring the bush. She has a keen interest in wildlife and the environment and is particularly passionate and knowledgeable about indigenous plants and their uses. She has been running her own eco-camp on the family ranch for the past 10 years and also operates as a freelance guide, taking clients on safari throughout East Africa.

Content: Wild Flowers of Kenya and Northern Tanzania

Acknowledgements and dedication
Introduction
Species accounts
White to whitish flowers
Cream to yeliow and yellow-green flowers
Orange to peach flowers
Red to red-purple flowers
Pink to pink-purple flowers
Blue to blue-purple flowers
Glossary
References and further reading
Index to scientific names