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Brunsvigia josephinae

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: Amaryllidaceae > Genus: Brunsvigia

Brunsvigia josephinae Brunsvigia josephinae

The largest Candelabra Flower (Brunsvigia josephinae), in flower with its massive bulb exposed on Table Mountain sandstone rock in the Worcester/Robertson Karoo, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The flower and umbel of Brunsvigia josephinae. Late summer. Near Uniondale, Western Cape, South Africa.