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Erica pinea

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: Pleurocallis

Erica pinea Erica pinea

Erica pinea flowering in summer in the Du Toits Kloof mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica pinea flowering with the restio, Cannomois virgata, in fynbos in the Du Toits Kloof mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Erica pinea

A Male Orange-breasted sunbird (Anthobaphes violacea) probing for nectar, and pollinating, a flower of Erica pinea in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden, Cape Town, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]