Brunsvigia marginata (Small candelabra flower)

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See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 42.

The Small Candelabra Flower (Brunsvigia marginata), flowering after a recent fire in the Du Toits Kloof mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Ecological interactions

The Table Mountain Beauty butterfly (Aeropetes tulbaghia), pollinating Brunsvigia marginata after a recent fire on the Franschhoek Pass, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]