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Serruria phylicoides (Bearded 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 phylicoides (Bearded spiderhead) Serruria phylicoides (Bearded spiderhead)

Serruria phylicoides flowering in spring on the Riviersonderend Mountains above Greyton, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Serruria phylicoides (Bearded spiderhead)

Serruria phylicoides, Kogelberg Biosphere Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo H.G. Robertson, Iziko ©]