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Aspalathus carnosa

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 carnosa

Burnt skeletons of Kreupelhout, Leucospermum conocarpodendron ssp. viridum, shrubs in spring in a stand of Aspalathus carnosa in massed flower in fynbos burnt three and a half years ago with rain clouds beyond on the Smitswinkelvlakte in the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aspalathus carnosa

Aspalathus carnosa in flower in spring on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Aspalathus carnosa in flower in spring with the skeleton of an ancient Kreupelhout, Leucospermum conocarpodendron ssp. viride, beyond on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aspalathus carnosa flowering in spring on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]