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Protea aristata (Ladismith sugarbush)

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: Protea

Protea aristata (Ladismith sugarbush) Protea aristata (Ladismith sugarbush)

Protea aristata flowering in summer on the Klein Swartberg Mountains above Ladismith, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Protea aristata, under cultivation, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]