Aristea capitata
[= Aristea major]
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> Family: Iridaceae > Genus:
Aristea
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Aristea capitata flowering in summer on the
eastern slopes of Table Mountain above Kirstenbosch, Cape Peninsula,
South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Aristeaa capitata flowering on the Boland
trailer, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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Aristeaa capitata flowering on the Boland
trailer, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
A Halictid bee collecting pollen in late spring
from a flower of Aristea capitata on the eastern slopes of Table
mountain, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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