/ 15 February 2022

Locally extinct Erica makes a comeback in Cape Town

Rondevlei Manager Wdalton Gibbs With The Erica Verticcalata
Rondevlei Manager Dalton Gibbs with the Erica Verticcalata

Erica verticillata, a plant endemic to an area along the Cape Flats, may have risen from extinction

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