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Spatalla tulbaghensis (Shaggy-hair spoon)

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

Spatalla tulbaghensis (Shaggy-hair spoon)

Spatalla tulbaghensis flowerheads on a shrub which is part of a small remnant population conserved on the Agterwitsenberg Vlakte photographed in 2006, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spatalla tulbaghensis (Shaggy-hair spoon) Spatalla tulbaghensis (Shaggy-hair spoon)

Spatalla tulbaghensis, flowerheads on a shrub which was part of a population on the Agterwitsenberg Vlakte in 1977, now gone as a result of dam building and agriculture, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spatalla tulbaghensis flowerheads on a shrub which is part of a small remnant population conserved on the Agterwitsenberg Vlakte photographed in 2006, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]