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Spiloxene capensis

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Hypoxidaceae > Genus: Spiloxene

Spiloxene capensis

The yellow form of Spiloxene capensis, with dark centred flowers, flowering in spring on the Cape West Coast, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spiloxene capensis

The peacock form of Spiloxene capensis flowering in spring near Tulbagh. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Spiloxene capensis flowering in spring on Lion's Head, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spiloxene capensis and Geissorhiza aspera flowering in spring on Lion's Head, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Spiloxene capensis flowering in spring in a seep in a burn on the upper slopes of the Cedarberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The yellow form of Spiloxene capensis flowering in spring in a recent burn in the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Spiloxene capensis

The yellow form of Spiloxene capensis flowering in spring with Oxalis versicolor in a recent burn in the southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]