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Podalyria calyptrata (Water blossom tree)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Fabales > Fabaceae > Subfamily: Papilionoideae > Genus: Podalyria

Podalyria calyptrata (Water blossom tree)

Podalyria calyptrata flowering in spring on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Podalyria calyptrata (Water blossom tree)

Podalyria calyptrata, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Podalyria calyptrata (Water blossom tree)

Podalyria calyptrata, Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Podalyria calyptrata (Water blossom tree)

Podalyria calyptrata flowering in cultivation in spring in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden with Castle Rock beyond, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]