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Psoralea pinnata

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

Psoralea pinnata

Psoralea pinnata flowering in early summer on the coast at Kleinmond, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

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Psoralea pinnata flowering in early summer with Elegia cuspidata behind on the Smitswinkelvlakte on southern Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Carpenter bee (Xylocopa rufitarsis) in a flower of Psoralea pinnata in late spring in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Psoralea pinnata

A Karoo prinia (Prinia maculosa) perched on Psoralea pinnata flowering in early summer on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Psoralea pinnata
Psoralea pinnata

Anoplolepis sp. ants tending membracid bugs on a Psoralea pinnata bush, sucking up the sugar that each bug excretes while feeding. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]