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Nylandtia spinosa (Bokbessie, Skilpadbessie, Duinebessie)

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Fabales > Family: Polygalaceae

Nylandtia spinosa Nylandtia spinosa

Nylandtia spinosa, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©].

On coastal dunes at Kasouga (Eastern Cape, South Africa).