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A rare spotted stranger
Common names: Golden star; Sterretjie (Afrikaans).
Botanical name: Spiloxene capensis. Spilos from the Greek for spotted and xenos, a stranger.
Family: Hypoxidaceae.
This is my first encounter with this tiny flower - I almost overlooked it. Spiloxenes are usually yellow but apparently they are sometimes white and rarely pink. I found several white ones and one pink Spiloxene growing side by side.
Taken at Helderberg nature reserve, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa.
A rare spotted stranger
Common names: Golden star; Sterretjie (Afrikaans).
Botanical name: Spiloxene capensis. Spilos from the Greek for spotted and xenos, a stranger.
Family: Hypoxidaceae.
This is my first encounter with this tiny flower - I almost overlooked it. Spiloxenes are usually yellow but apparently they are sometimes white and rarely pink. I found several white ones and one pink Spiloxene growing side by side.
Taken at Helderberg nature reserve, Somerset West, Western Cape, South Africa.