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Watsonia stokoei

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: Watsonia

Watsonia stokoei

Watsonia stokoei flowering in early summer a year after a fire in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Watsonia stokoei Watsonia stokoei

A very unusual albino form amongst typical Watsonia stokoei colour forms flowering in early summer a year after a fire in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A female Malachite sunbird (Nectarinia famosa) taking nectar from a Watsonia stokoei flower in early summer a year after a fire in the Groot Winterhoek Wilderness Area, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]