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Satyrium odorum

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: Satyrium

Satyrium odorum Satyrium odorum

Satyrium odorum flowering in a shady place in late spring on the low eastern face of Table Mountain above Kirstenbosch, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Satyrium odorum flowering at the Kogelberg Biosphere Nature Reserve, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]