Aristea nigrescens

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

The rare Aristea lugens flowering in spring in Renosterveld near Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-JonesColin Paterson-Jones ©]	Monkey beetles (Dichelus sp. and Lepithrix ornatella), on Aristea lugens flowering in spring at Malmesbury, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]
A Glittering monkey beetle (Anisonyx ditus) on Aristea nigrescens flowering in spring on the farm Romansrivier near Wolseley, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]