Protea laurifolia (Grey-leaf sugarbush) Life
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Protea laurifolia flowering in spring on
the Agterwitzenberg Vlakte in the Skurweberg Mountains in the
Koubokkeveld, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The burnt skeleton of a Protea laurifolia
tree in early summer two seasons after a fire with the flowerheads open
having released their seed, in the Elands Kloof Mountains, Western Cape,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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