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Hypoxis angustifolia

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: Hypoxidaceae > Genus: Hypoxis

Hypoxis angustifolia
Hypoxis angustifolia var. angustifolia flowering in spring amongst rocks along the Nqabara River in the Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Widely distribution in Africa south of the Sahara and also occurs on Mauritius, Rčunion and Madagascar.