19 September 2010

Flowers of the Eastern Cape #19 - Heliophila cornuta

Heliophila cornuta, or sunflax is found on rocky slopes in arid fynbos from southern Namibia  to the Eastern Cape. This one was taken in the foothills of the Grootwinterhoek Mountains, near Klipfontein.

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5 comments:

  1. rapunzel20 September 2010 at 00:11

    Beautiful flower. Really enjoy your blog!

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  2. Rose20 September 2010 at 03:35

    This is interesting...what it it growing in/on? I did just google...according to what I found it is a shrub. It is beautiful.

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  3. sonia a. mascaro20 September 2010 at 16:09

    So beautiful and delicate this flower, Max!

    Thanks for your nice comment on my daughter's Birthday! She asks me to thank you! :)

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  4. Katney21 September 2010 at 15:54

    They look like delicate butterflies.

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  5. Max-e22 September 2010 at 06:59

    Rose it is growing in rocky soil on the side of a hill.

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