Protea namaquana (Kamiesberg sugarbush)

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The critically rare Protea namaquana flowering in winter on Namaqua granite on Rooiberg in the Kamiesberg Mountains in Namaqualand, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]