Male Welwitschia Mirabilis plant, named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, with its large leaves and cones in the bleak lands

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Male Welwitschia Mirabilis plant, named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, with its large leaves and cones in the bleak landscape of Namib Naukluft National Park. Native to Namibia

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