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Protea rupicola (Krantz 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 rupicola (Krantz sugarbush)
Protea rupicola (Krantz sugarbush) Protea rupicola (Krantz sugarbush)

Protea rupicola flowering in summer on the summit of Sneeukop in the Hottentots Hollands Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]