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Protea rubropilosa (Transvaal 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 rubropilosa (Transvaal sugarbush) Protea rubropilosa (Transvaal sugarbush)

The rare Protea rubropilosa flowering in spring in cultivation, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Protea rubropilosa flowering in spring at Blyderivier on the Mpumalanga Escarpment, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Protea rubropilosa (Transvaal sugarbush) Protea rubropilosa (Transvaal sugarbush)

The rare Protea rubropilosa flowering in spring in cultivation, Kirstenbosch, Cape Town, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]