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Crinum variabile (River lily)

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Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Crinum

Crinum variabile (River lily)
Crinum variabile flowering along a stream on the Bokkeveld Escarpment, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©] Crinum variabile flowering in autumn at the Nieuwoudtville Waterfall, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

See Nieuwoudtville wildflowers by John Manning & Peter Goldblatt p. 54

See Cederberg wild flowers by Gretel van Rooyen & Hester Steyn p. 60.