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Holothrix villosa

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: Holothrix

Holothrix villosa Holothrix villosa

Holothrix villosa flowering in early summer after a fire the previous summer in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©

Holothrix villosa, flowering in spring in fynbos on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©