Pegolettia retrofracta

Perdebos, Geelbergdraaibos [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 II > Family: Asteraceae > Tribe: Inuleae > Genus: Pegolettia

A Bush karoo rat (Otomys unisulcatus) climbing on a Tetraena retrofracta bush collecting leaves as food to take back to its nest under the bush, Tanqua Karoo, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]