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Euphorbia caput-medusae

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 > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Malpighiales > Family: Euphorbiaceae > Genus: Euphorbia

Euphorbia caput-medusae

Euphorbia caput-medusae, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Euphorbia caput-medusae

The aptly named Euphorbia caput-medusae in flower in spring in the Olifants River Valley, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]