The legend of the almost-extinct Tokai Cape Flats Silkypuff
A sprawling groundcover, the Cape Flats Silkypuff (Diastella proteoides) has charming puff-like clusters of small flowers formed by rosettes of pointed pink star-like, hairy bracts.
A sprawling groundcover, the Cape Flats Silkypuff (Diastella proteoides) has charming puff-like clusters of small flowers formed by rosettes of pointed pink star-like, hairy bracts.
Legendary Fynbos plantsman and Kirstenbosch horticuturist Anthony Hitchcock writes of restoring Whorl Heath (Erica verticillata) to the wild.
We are losing biodiversity at an unprecedented rate. What is causing this devastation in the Western Cape and how do we stop and reverse a process that threatens the global…