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Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Wild cotton)

[= Asclepias fruticosus]

Gansies, Tontel, Wilde kapok [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Asterids > Euasterid I > Order: Gentianales > Family: Apocynaceae > Subfamily: Asclepiadoideae > Genus: Gomphocarpus

Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Wild cotton) Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Wild cotton)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (Wild cotton)

Gomphocarpus fruticosus, Kleinmond, Western Cape. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]