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Leucospermum harpagonatum (McGregor pincushion)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales > Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Leucospermum 

Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron ssp. canaliculatum flowering in early summer in Sandveld near Riverlands, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucospermum harpagonatum (McGregor pincushion)

The Pincushion Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron ssp. hypophyllocarpodendron flowering in spring in the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]