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Leucospermum calligerum (Arid pincushion)

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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: Leucospermum 

Leucospermum calligerum

Leucospermum calligerum, Cedarberg, South Africa. [photo John Burrows ©]

Leucospermum calligerum

A Boll-worm Moth (Heliothis armigera) resting on a flowerhead of Leucospermum calligerum in spring in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]