A Cape Flats plant thought to have been extinct for two centuries have returned to the Mother City after it was recently was discovered in Pretoria. According to a statement by the City of Cape Town (COCT), the Erica verticillata once grew as a narrow-range endemic, restricted to the southern edges of the Cape Flats Sand Fynbos in Cape Town. … Continue reading Erica verticillata thought to be extinct returns to Cape Town