Strelitzia juncea Life
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The rare and threatened Crane flower,
Strelitzia juncea, flowering in spring on Coegakop near Port
Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Strelitzia juncea under cultivation in the Company Gardens, Cape
Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
Distribution and habitat
Natural distribution is from Humansdorp to
Uitenhage in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. Cultivated widely in
gardens.
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