Archive | February 12, 2010

Fynbos Friday 15: The Rocket Pincushion

Leucospermum Reflexum is her real botanical name, but the rocket pincushion is apt enough. What a little beauty. Each flower is tube-like and made up of velvety floral parts called the perianth segments on which the anthers are placed. These surround the long style which escapes from the tube to form the ‘pin’ and the [...]

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