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Moraea aristata

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: Moraea

Moraea aristata

The critically rare Moraea aristata flowering in spring in the grounds of the Observatory in Cape Town on the Cape Peninisula, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]