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Diastella myrtifolia

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales > Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Diastella

Diastella myrtifolia

The rare local endemic Diastella myrtifolia flowering in early summer on the Suurvlakte in the Elands Kloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]