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Leucospermum lineare (Needle-leaf 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 lineare (Needle-leaf pincushion)

The carmine colour form of Leucospermum lineare flowering in spring near Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucospermum lineare (Needle-leaf pincushion) Leucospermum lineare (Needle-leaf pincushion)

The carmine colour form of Leucospermum lineare flowering in spring near Franschhoek, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

One of the Pincushions, Leucospermum lineare, flowering in early spring with Leucadendron daphnoides behind, on the Du Toits Kloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]