Merely for the record of what we encountered this day.
Bead Heath .
Thinking: they look sticky, but if they were surely we should see debris attached to the flower surface.
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Erica multumbellifera P.J.Bergius
This species is accepted, and its native range is Cape Prov.
https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:329154-1
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Identified in the field guide ERICAS of the Cape Peninsula
Illustrated in Mary Maytham Kidd, 198 (1996)
Redlist Link: http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=1820-597
Western Cape.endemic
Flowering: Nov- May
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CASABIO: https://casabio.org/taxa/erica-multumbellifera
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Fernkloof entry: http://www.fernkloof.org.za/index.php/all-plants/plant-families/item/erica-multumbellifera
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Linnean record -LINN 498.20 Erica ramentacea (Herb Linn) http://linnean-online.org/5501/
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Swedish Herbarium image: https://herbarium.nrm.se/img/fbo/large/S14-026001/S14-26811.jpg
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OPERATION WILDFLOWER: https://www.operationwildflower.org.za/index.php/albums/ericas/erica-multumbellifera-thabo-2-10204#joomimg
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JSTOR compilation and Entry From Flora Capensis, Vol 4, page 2, (1909) Author: By H. BOLUS, F. GUTHRIE, and N. E. BROWN.:
https://plants.jstor.org/compilation/Erica.multumbellifera
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Look-up: STRELITZIA 29 (2012) page 501
https://www.sanbi.org/sites/default/files/documents/documents/strelitzia-29-2012.pdf
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