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Leucospermum gracile (Hermanus pincushion)

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 gracile (Hermanus pincushion) Leucospermum gracile (Hermanus pincushion)

Leucospermum gracile flowering in spring in fynbos on the low south slopes of the Kleinrivier Mountains above Hermanus, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]