Leucadendron levisanus (Cape Flats conebush) Life
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A Muscid fly on a male flower of the critically
rare Leucadendron levisanus flowering in early summer in
cultivation at Kirstenbosch, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Leucadendron levisanus. male (left) and
female (right). N1/N7 interchange north of Cape Town, Western Cape. Red
Data species - Endangered. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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