Leucospermum
reflexum (Rocket pincushion)
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> Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Leucospermum
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Leucospermum reflexum, Kirstenbosch
Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
The Rocket pincushion (Leucospermum reflexum)
rare in nature but well known in cultivation, flowering in spring in the
Cedarberg mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The yellow form of the Rocket pincushion (Leucospermum
reflexum) a species rare in nature but well known in cultivation,
flowering in spring in the Cedarberg mountains, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A female Southern double-collared sunbird (Cinnyris
chalybeus) taking nectar from a Leucospermum reflexum
flowerhead cultivated at Kirstenbosch on the Cape Peninsula, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Leucospermum reflexum flowering in early
summer at Heuningvlei in the Cedarberg Mountains, Western Cape, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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