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Serruria roxburghii (Short-leaf 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 roxburghii (Short-leaf spiderhead) Serruria roxburghii (Short-leaf spiderhead)

The rare Serruria roxburghii flowering in spring on Malmesbury Pardeberg, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A Monkey beetle (Peritrichia sp.) on the critically rare Serruria roxburghii in spring near Hermon, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]