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Serruria altiscapa (Stately spiderhead)

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: Serruria

Serruria altiscapa (Stately spiderhead) Serruria altiscapa (Stately spiderhead)

Serruria altiscapa flowering in spring on Blokkop in the Villiersdorp mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]