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Erica halicacaba

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: Eurystegia

Erica halicacaba Erica halicacaba

An ancient, woody Erica halicacaba bush flowering in late spring on Elsie's Peak on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]