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Flats Silkypuff Diastella proteoides in the Meadowridge Common
Mrs Esme Morris discovered some plants of Diastella proteoides while
on a walk in the Meadowridge Common. Not only did she correctly identify the
plant, but she also dug out an article from the Constantiaberg Bulletin of
October 1988, written by Grahame Wilson of the Constantia Captrust.
It appears that in 1988 some plants of the Flats Silkypuff were protected by a few strands of barbed wire on the common off Faraday Drive and Schoolside. Today only three plants survive on the common, one of which has had a load of tar dumped on it.
It is not easy to preserve our flora, especially when the plants are sprawling mats with flowers no bigger than a fingernail. It is only through getting the local people interested that we can conserve the indigenous flora on our commons. Perhaps we need a "Friends of the Meadowridge Common!"
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