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Ornithogalum rupestre

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: Ornithogalum

Ornithogalum rupestre

The rare, tiny Ornithogalum rupestre flowering in spring with mosses and crustose lichens on Cape granite on the Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]