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. 2013 Nov 14;8(11):e79174. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0079174

Figure 1. Examples of naturalized alien herbs and geophytes in the five mediterranean-climate regions.

Figure 1

1a) The South African geophytic species Oxalis pes-caprae in Lesbos island, Greece, Mediterranean basin; 1b) The South African succulent species Carpobrotus edulis in California, USA; 1c) The Eurasian biennial herbs Echium plantagineum and E. vulgare in Región del Maule, Central Chile; 1d) The South African geophyte, Watsonia meriana var. bulbillifera on a granite outcrop in south-western Australia; 1e) The Mediterranean basin region herb, Centranthus ruber in the Cape Region, South Africa; and 1f) The tall Eurasian grass, Arundo donax in a Californian riparian system. Each of these species have become naturalised in multiple Mediterranean-climate regions. Photo credits Panayiotis Dimitrakopoulos 1a; Philip Rundel 1b, 1f; Nicol Fuentes 1c; Grant Wardell-Johnson 1d; Lesley Henderson 1e.