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Disa obtusa

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: Orchidaceae > Genus: Disa

Disa obtusa  

Disa obtusa ssp. obtusa flowering in late spring after a summer fire in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]