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Moraea ramosissima

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 ramosissima

Moraea ramosissima

The African boll worm moth (Helicoverpa armigera), visiting a Moraea ramosissima flower. Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Moraea ramosissima flowering in spring after a summer burn in the Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]