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Serruria triternata (Tulbagh 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 triternata (Tulbagh spiderhead) Serruria triternata (Tulbagh spiderhead)

The rare local endemic Serruria triternata flowering in early summer on the Suurvlakte in the Elands Kloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]