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Serruria villosa (Golden 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 villosa (Golden spiderhead)

The rare Serruria villosa flowering in winter at Olifantsbos on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Serruria villosa (Golden spiderhead)

A putative natural hybrid of the rare Serruria decumbens and Serruria villosa flowering in early spring at Olifantsbos on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Serruria villosa (Golden spiderhead) Serruria villosa (Golden spiderhead)

A putative natural hybrid of the rare Serruria decumbens and Serruria villosa flowering in early spring at Olifantsbos on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A Honey bee, Apis mellifera, collecting pollen from and pollinating a flowerhead of the rare Serruria villosa in winter on the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]