Scientists raise alarm over Table Mountain alien
Invasive scarlet bottlebrush threatens to brush aside fynbos and proteas
15 May 2022 - 00:00
In a nursery they look pretty — red bottlebrush flowers tipped with sunshine yellow. But inside Table Mountain National Park they are serious trouble, able to spread millions of seeds in a few hours...
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