Male Welwitschia Mirabilis, Welwitschia Plain, Namibia
Welwitschia mirabilis is a plant, endemic to the Namib desert within Namibia and Angola. Welwitschia is named after the Austrian botanist and doctor Friedrich Welwitsch, who was the first European to describe the plant. The plant figures as a charge in the national coat of arms of Namibia.
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