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Sparaxis tricolor 

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: Sparaxis

Sparaxis tricolor Sparaxis tricolor

Sparaxis tricolor flowering in spring on the Bokkeveld Escarpment near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Sparaxis tricolor flowering along the Grasberg Road near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]

Sparaxis tricolor

Sparaxis tricolor flowering along the Grasberg Road near Nieuwoudtville, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]