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Euphorbia hamata

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 hamata Euphorbia hamata

Euphorbia hamata flowering in winter in windblown sands on the rocky hills overlooking the Gariep River near Beau Vallon in the Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Euphorbia hamata in flower in winter on Cornell's Kop, Richtersveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]