Strelitzia
reginae Life
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Strelitzia
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A Crane flower (Strelitzia reginae)
flowering in summer next to the coast at Wavecrest on the Wild Coast,
Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Strelitzia reginae in habitat in the hills
at Vensterhoek near Hankey, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Strelitzia reginae in habitat in succulent
thicket on the Ecca Pass north of Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Distribution and habitat
East coast of South Africa, from Humansdorp in
the Eastern Cape to northern KwaZulu-Natal, where it occurs in
coastal bush and thicket.
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