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Cortaderia selloana

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

Cortaderia selloana  

A plant of the invasive weed, Pampas grass, Cortaderia selloana, flowering in late summer in fynbos on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]