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Leucospermum innovans (Transkei 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 innovans (Transkei pincushion) Leucospermum innovans (Transkei pincushion)

The endangered Leucospermum innovans flowering in spring in grassland on the hills near the coast in the Mkambathi Nature Reserve on the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucospermum innovans. Paddock, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]