Watsonia tabularis
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> Family: Iridaceae > Genus: Watsonia
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Post-fire spring flowering of Watsonia
tabularis in summer in the Cape Peninsula mountains with Cape Town's
Table Mountain beyond, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Watsonia tabularis flowering in early
summer on Cape Town's Table Mountain. South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
The endemic Cape Peninsula species Watsonia
tabularis, flowering in early summer on Table Mountain, South Africa [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Pine emperor moth (Imbrasia cytherea)
caterpillar feeding on Watsonia tabularis leaves in early summer
on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A male Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer)
perched on a Watsonia tabularis flower while probing for nectar,
in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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