as the 11th Premier of New Zealand from 1877 to 1879. #OTD #history #sapol #nzpol #capeprovince

Boulder Beach near Cape Town, South Africa. Yes, they are wild penguins on the beach. 🙂 www.istockphoto.com/photo/boulde... #bouldersbeach #southafrica #capeprovince #fotoventura #gettyimagescontributor

Photo of a grassy tufted plant growing in an open area. It has many white inflorescences emergent above the foliage. They bear clusters of cottony flowers.

Close-up photo showing a woolly flower cluster with two open, star-shaped flowers. Each flower has six pink tepals and erect stamens.

Lanariaceae are a monotypic family from the Cape Province of S. Africa. Lanaria plumosa is known for its woolly indumentum of branched hairs. #Asparagales #OddMonocot 1st 📷 by Felix Riegel. 2nd 📷 by Carina Lochner. Both images CCBYNC4 via iNaturalist. #CapeProvince #Botany #PlantScience 🌾🧪