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Erica mauritanica

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: Orophanes

Erica mauritanica

A Honey Bee (Apis mellifera), taking nectar from a flower of Erica mauritanica in spring on the low northern granitic slopes of Steenberg below Ou Kaapse Weg on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica mauritanica Erica mauritanica

Erica mauritanica in full flower in spring on the low northern granitic slopes of Steenberg below Ou Kaapse Weg on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]