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Protea obtusifolia (Limestone 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 obtusifolia (Limestone sugarbush)

Protea obtusifolia. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Protea obtusifolia (Limestone sugarbush) Protea obtusifolia (Limestone sugarbush)

Protea obtusifolia flowering in spring on limestone on the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]