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Nivenia stokoei

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: Iridaceae > Genus: Nivenia

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Nivenia stokoei flowering in the Kogelberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Nivenia stokoei

Nivenia stokoei flowering on eroded Table Mountain sandstone rocks in late summer in the Kogelberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Nivenia stokoei

A Honey bee (Apis mellifera), with pollen sacks visible on its leg, on the brilliant blue flowers of Nivenia stokoei the Kogelberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Nivenia stokoei flowering in the Kogelberg Nature Reserve, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]