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Aspalathus capitata

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Family: Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae > Genus: Aspalathus

Aspalathus capitata Aspalathus capitata

The rare Aspalathus capitata flowering in summer on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aspalathus capitata flowering in late summer on the Cape Peninsula mountains with the Hottentots Hollands mountains and False Bay beyond, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]