Erica verticillata
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Ericales > Family: Ericaceae > Genus: Erica
> Section: Evanthe
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Erica verticillata, extinct in the wild, in
cultivation in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden on the Cape Peninsula,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The Citrus swallowtail butterfly (Papilio
demodocus) pollinating Erica verticillata. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
An African humming bird moth (Macroglossum
trochilus) in summer pollinating Erica verticillata,
Kirstenbosch Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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