Erica baueri (Albertinia heath)

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The rare and endangered Erica baueri ssp. baueri flowering on the Albertinia Plateau in summer, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]
Erica baueri, Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Occurs in Acid Sandplain Fynbos; classified as Critically Endangered: threatened by clearing methods used to encourage the growth of restios harvested for thatch. 

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