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Phylica purpurea 

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Core Eudicots > Rosids > Eurosid I > Order: Rosales > Family: Rhamnaceae > Genus: Phylica

Phylica pubescens

Phylica pubescens flowering in winter on the Jonkershoek mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Phylica pubescens

Phylica pubescens flowering in winter in the Protea Section of the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden with Table Mountain beyond, Cape Town. South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Phylica pubescens

A Green vegetable bug, Nezara viridula, on Phylica pubescens flowering in winter in the Jonkershoek mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]