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Drimia media

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: Asparagaceae > Genus: Drimia

Drimia media, Devils Peak, Tafelberg Rd, Table Mountain National Park, Western Cape, South Africa. [image Caroline Voget ©, from iNaturalist]

Flowers are similar to those of Drimia elata but leaves are firm and quill-like whereas in Drimia elata the leaves are looser and less rigid with crinkly, hairy margins.