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Erica melanthera

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: Gamochlamys

Erica melanthera

Erica melanthera, Swellendam Hiking Trail, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Erica melanthera

Erica melanthera flowering in spring below Correnteberg in the Langeberg mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]