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Mackaya bella (Forest Bell Bush, Mackaya)

Bosklokkiesbos, Blouklokkiesbos [Afrikaans]

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Mackaya bella (Forest Bell Bush, Mackaya) Mackaya bella (Forest Bell Bush, Mackaya)

Mackaya bella under cultivation in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens. [photos H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

See Creative gardening with indigenous plants. A South African Guide by Pitta Joffe p. 195; Transvaal Lowveld and escarpment wild flowers by Jo Onderstall p. 184.

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