home   about   search

biodiversity explorer

the web of life in southern Africa

Pterygodium catholicum

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: Pterygodium

Pterygodium catholicum Pterygodium catholicum

Pterygodium catholicum flowering in late spring in renosterveld north of Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Pterygodium catholicum flowering in spring in a burnt patch of Renosterveld on the Romansrivier Reserve near Wolseley, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]