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Erica occulta 

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

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The rare, extraordinary and very local endemic Erica occulta flowering in winter on limestone at Groot Hagelkraal on the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]