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Serruria hirsuta (Swartkop 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 hirsuta (Swartkop spiderhead)
Serruria hirsuta (Swartkop spiderhead)
Serruria hirsuta (Swartkop spiderhead)

The rare Serruria hirsuta flowering in winter near Klawer Valley on Simonstown mountain in the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]