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Hermas villosa

Tontelblaar [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Apiales > Family: Apiaceae > Genus: Hermas

Hermas villosa Hermas villosa
Lagriid beetle feeding on Hermas villosa pollen.

Hermas villosa, Kleinmond Nature Reserve. Bottom left: Lagriid beetle feeding on pollen from flower. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]

 

See Hottentots Holland to Hermanus wild flowers by Lee Burman & Anne Bean p. 144.