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Hypodiscus aristatus

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: Restionaceae > Genus: Hypodiscus

Hypodiscus aristatus Hypodiscus aristatus

Male flowers of the restio, Hypodiscus aristatus, flowering in winter on the Kleinrivier Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A male plant of the restio, Hypodiscus aristatus, flowering in spring on the Groenlandberg mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Hypodiscus aristatus

A male plant of the restio, Hypodiscus aristatus, flowering in spring on the Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]