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Bulbine foleyi

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Xanthorrhoeaceae > Genus: Bulbine

Bulbine foleyi

The minute bulb Bulbine foleyi, only ever visible when flowering in summer amongst lichens on Cape Granite rock, Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]