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Ficinia radiata (Stergras) Life
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Ficinia radiata (Stergras). Photographed on
rocky slope in Mesic Mountain Fynbos (Kleinmond Nature Reserve, Western
Cape, South Africa). [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Ficinia radiata flowering in early summer
in a seep burnt the previous summer on the Cape Peninsula mountains,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Watsonia coccinea and Ficinia radiata
flowering in early summer in a seep burnt the previous summer on the
Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Low-growing herb (4-20 cm high), growing in the fynbos of the
Western Cape from Ceres to Stilbaai. The halo of broad, golden yellow bracts
surrounding the flower head is distinctive.
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