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Protea simplex (Dwarf grassland 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 scorzonerifolia (Channel-leaf sugarbush) Protea scorzonerifolia (Channel-leaf sugarbush)

Protea simplex flowering in summer at Waterfalls near Hillcrest in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]