Leucospermum tottum (Ribbon pincushion)
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Leucospermum tottum flowering in summer on
Middelberg Pass in the Cedarberg mountains, Western Cape, South Africa.
[photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Pincushions (Leucospermum tottum) flowering
in early summer in fynbos on Du Toit's Kloof Pass, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Fruit chafer (Trichostetha capensis)
feeding in summer on a Leucospermum tottum flowerhead cultivated
in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden on the Cape Peninsula, Western Cape,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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