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Erica equisetifolia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica > Section: Pyronium

Erica equisetifolia

Erica equisetifolia flowering in autumn with Tetraria thermalis on the south slopes of the Riviersonderend Mountains near Greyton with smoke beyond from a nearby fire, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica equisetifolia

An Orb-web Spider (Argiope sp.), on its web built into a stand of Erica equisetifolia shrubs on the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]