Scientists raise alarm over Table Mountain alien

Invasive scarlet bottlebrush threatens to brush aside fynbos and proteas

15 May 2022 - 00:00

By Bobby Jordan

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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