Erica mammosa
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Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica
> Section: Pleurocallis
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Erica mammosa flowering in summer in the
Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Erica mammosa flowering in summer with
cloud on the rocks beyond in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area,
Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Male Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes
violacea), a fynbos endemic, with pollen of Erica mammosa
on its beak. Summer. Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A female Orange-breasted Sunbird (Anthobaphes
violacea) with pollen of Erica mammosa on its beak in the
Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Female Carpenter bee (Xylocopa caffra),
robbing Erica mammosa. Summer. Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
The Table Mountain Beauty butterfly (Aeropetes
tulbaghia) pollinating Erica mammosa in summer in the
Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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