Hessea cinnamomea
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Banded blowflies (Chrysomya albiceps) in
early winter on flowers of Hessea cinnamomea, flowering after a
recent fire on Joostenberg north of Cape Town, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Halictid bee collecting pollen in early winter
from a flower of Hessea cinnamomea, flowering after a recent fire
on Joostenberg north of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A very infrequent dark coloured form of Hessea
cinnamomea, flowering in winter after a summer fire in the Table
Mountain National Park, southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Hessea cinnamomea flowering in flowing
water in winter after a summer fire in the Table Mountain National
Park, southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Hessea cinnamomea flowering in winter after
a summer fire in the Table Mountain National Park, southern Cape
Peninsula, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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