Extinct-in-the-wild Whorl Heath, Erica verticillata, grows in a patch of land between a drainage ditch, paved road, and parking area, Lower Tokai.
Extinct-in-the-wild Whorl Heath, Erica verticillata, grows in a patch of land between a drainage ditch, paved road, and parking area. This erica has been extinct in the wild since around the 1950s. It was subsequently rediscovered in botanical gardens. This species has been replanted as part of the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos restoration efforts at Lower Tokai, Table Mountain National Park. It needs to undergo three generations, in this case, fire cycles, until it is considered to be reestablished and no longer extinct. After a period of heavy rain earlier in the year, the city accidentally destroyed several of the plants while building a new culvert for better drainage off the road.
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Location: Lower Tokai, Table Mountain National Park, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa
Photo credit: © Morgan Trimble / Alamy / Afripics
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