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Melianthus comosus (Touch-me-not herb)

Kruidjie-roer-my-nie [Afrikaans]; Ibonya [Zulu]

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 > Order: Geraniales > Family: Melianthaceae > Genus: Melianthus

Melianthus comosus (Touch-me-not herb)

Melianthus comusus under cultivation at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]