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Serruria adscendens (Kleinmond 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 adscendens (Kleinmond spiderhead)

A night-flying moth (Cytothymia sp.) near absita (Acronyctinae), visiting flowers of Serruria adscendens near Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Serruria adscendens (Kleinmond spiderhead)  

Serruria adscendens flowering in spring at Bettys Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]