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Aristea juncifolia

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: Iridaceae > Genus: Aristea

Aristea elliptica

Aristea juncifolia flowering in summer in fynbos veld burnt the previous summer on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Aristea elliptica
Aristea juncifolia flowering on the Boland Trail, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]