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Hessea monticola

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: Hessea

Hessea monticola

A Tachinid fly in autumn on a flower of Hessea monticola flowering after a recent fire in the Cedarberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Hessea monticola

Hessea monticola, flowering in autumn after a summer fire in the Cedarberg mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]