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Pentaschistis pusilla

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: Pentaschistis

Pentaschistis pusilla  

The annual grass, Pentaschistis pusilla, flowering in summer near a stream with Psoralea usitata in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]