Close-up of the delicate purple striped white flowers of a cat’s wiskers, Ocimum obovatum

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Close-up of the delicate purple striped white flowers of a cat’s wiskers, Ocimum obovatum, growing in the grassland of the Kloofendal Nature reserve, Suburban Roodepoort, South Africa. Cat’s Wiskers, are named after the long conspicuous stamen. This is a perennial herb, which are adapted to African grasslands which gets burnt from time to time

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Size: 4274px × 2849px
Location: Kloofendal Nature, Reserve, Roodepoort, South Africa
Photo credit: © Marieke Peche / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
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