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Leucospermum heterophyllum (Trident 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 heterophyllum (Trident pincushion)

The rare Leucospermum heterophyllum flowering in spring on the Agulhas Plain, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]