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Erica discolor

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Order: Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica > Section: Evanthe

Erica discolor Erica discolor

Erica discolor subsp. speciosa on Swartberg Pass. The top right photograph shows a wasp that has become stuck to the sticky corolla. [photos H. Robertson, Iziko ©]