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Protea holosericea (Saw-edge sugarbush)

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: Protea

Protea holosericea (Saw-edge sugarbush)
Protea holosericea (Saw-edge sugarbush) Protea holosericea (Saw-edge sugarbush)

The rare Protea holosericea flowering in late spring on Sawedge Peak in the Worcester Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]