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Leucospermum winteri (Riversdale 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 winteri (Riversdale pincushion) Leucospermum winteri (Riversdale pincushion)

The rare locally endemic Leucospermum winteri flowering in spring in the Langkloof valley on the in the Langeberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]