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Serruria acrocarpa (Common rootstock spiderhead)

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: Serruria

Serruria acrocarpa (Common rootstock spiderhead) Serruria acrocarpa (Common rootstock spiderhead)

Serruria acrocarpa flowering in summer on the flats east of the Franschhoek Pass in the Boland mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Serruria acrocarpa in flower on the low slopes above Goudini Spa near Worcester, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]