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0 8 Fynbos

Fynbos

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

0 0 Cape Gorse

Cape Gorse

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 3 m - Stiffly shrub, bears large bright yellow flowers.

1 0 Protea

Protea

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protea

0 2 Cape turtle dove

Cape turtle dove

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Smaller than the Rock pigeon. Sitting on nest.

0 0 Moraea

Moraea

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 30 cm

4 2 Trachyandra

Trachyandra

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 60 cm - rough-haired leaves - white flowers.

17 5 Peninsula blue

Peninsula blue

by FanieCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Female. Male is completely blue on upper side (no dark spots).

1 0 Black-headed Heron

Black-headed Heron

by SarahTheSlugWestern Cape, South Africa

Found on a beach in the Cape

0 4 Carpenter Bee

Carpenter Bee

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Black carpenter bee with white face. Possibly male

4 3 Tree Pincushion

Tree Pincushion

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Close up of a yellow Pincushion Protea Fynbos of Western

0 1 Painted Petals

Painted Petals

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Purple flower

0 0 Massonia

Massonia

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Flat, only two leaves per plant it seems. 20 to 30 cm

5 5 Drumsticks

Drumsticks

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

± 30 cm high - ± 15 mm flower - maroon on outside, white on inside. Flowers ...

0 2 Erica

Erica

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Erect, compact shrublet to 50 cm, bears heads of small to medium-sized, ...

2 2 Fynbos

Fynbos

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 15 mm purple/blue flower with red/pink in middle.

1 0 Barber's Ranger

Barber's Ranger

by JeffCrocombeCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

the Cape

11 8 Cape Snow

Cape Snow

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 50 cm tall - snow white flowers with pinkish red inside.

0 0 Tamarak

Tamarak

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Most of the 100-140 species of bulbous plants in this genus are endemic to ...

9 3 African Penguin

African Penguin

by FranciscoAraujoWestern Cape, South Africa

Found him and a few other penguins on the shoreline of the

0 0 Rock Hyrax

Rock Hyrax

by Noah CitizenWestern Cape, South Africa

The cape hyrax resembles a large guinea ...

1 1 Slender Butterfly Bush

Slender Butterfly Bush

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

11 mm flower 40 cm bush

0 0 African Corn Lily

African Corn Lily

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 30 cm with sword shape leaves.

0 2 Satin Flower

Satin Flower

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

20 cm - Large pink flowers with dark pink veins.

1 0 Bitterbush

Bitterbush

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Low growing shrub that flowers in the spring. The small yellow daisy like ...

0 3 Stonecrop

Stonecrop

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 40 cm - shrublet with narrow to lance shaped leaves. Bears flat topped ...

1 0 Chacma baboon

Chacma baboon

by AdamBTCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The Chacma baboon troops on the Cape

2 2 Chacma baboon

Chacma baboon

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Baby Chacma baboon, hanging on for dear life in the rainy winter of the

0 0 Cape Scabious

Cape Scabious

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

fynbos, growing along the sheltered sandstone slopes of the

0 0 Fynbos

Fynbos

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The name fynbos is Afrikaans for fine bush as opposed to timber forest, and ...

1 4 Lichen

Lichen

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

White lichen with red inside. 6 cm long and 4 cm wide

0 2 Carpenter Bee

Carpenter Bee

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

3 cm - carpenter bee type distinctive yellow on body

1 0 Lampranthus

Lampranthus

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Magenta flowers. An explosion of color in the Western

1 0 Butterfly Lily

Butterfly Lily

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

20 - 70 cm - with narrow, usually hairy leaves; bears pale apricot to yellow ...

4 1 Peninsula blue

Peninsula blue

by FanieDrakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Males ascend hill tops at midday with other lycaenids where they are very ...

3 2 Galah

Galah

by RachaelBVictoria, Australia

Distinctive pink and grey plumage.

0 1 Tree Pagoda

Tree Pagoda

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

status: Not threatened Habitat: Sandy soils, 0-1100m Distribution: A

0 1 Night Gladiolus

Night Gladiolus

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The natural shrubland or heathland vegetation occurring in a small belt of the ...

0 2 Fynbos

Fynbos

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

coast to Port Elizabeth on the Southeast coast – forms part of the

0 1 Pagoda Bush

Pagoda Bush

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

to the Cape

1 0 Blackfooted African Penguin

Blackfooted African Penguin

by AsiaLiuWestern Cape, South Africa

Also known as the African Penguin. Weight - 2,1 To 3,7 kilograms (4.63 To 8.16 ...

0 1 Featherhead

Featherhead

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

3 to 4 cm flower - yellow with light green edges bush 40 cm from the ...

3 4 Chacma Baboon

Chacma Baboon

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Chacmas inhabit a wide array of habitats, from the grassy alpine slopes of the ...

1 5 Tree Pincushion

Tree Pincushion

by Noah CitizenCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

The largest of the pincushion group of proteas. This is in fact a tree, growing ...

3 2 Black Girdled Lizard

Black Girdled Lizard

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

± 20 cm lizard - black medium-sized lizard restricted to Table Mountain on the ...

1 0 Chacma baboon

Chacma baboon

by travelingdivaCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

mane. They have caused chaos in the Cape ...

0 1 Red pincushion protea

Red pincushion protea

by Smith'sZooWestern Cape, South Africa

Rounded shrub with drooping branches to 1,5 m and almost hairless, oval leaves ...

0 0 Heather

Heather

by Smith'sZooCape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Most of the species are small shrubs from 0.2-1.5 m high. All are evergreen, ...

5 1 Peninsula conebush

Peninsula conebush

by NielBuysDrakenstein Local Municipality, Western Cape, South Africa

Leucadendron strobilinum is a large, single-stemmed shrub that branches from ...

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