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Cliffortia ferruginea

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: Rosaceae > Genus: Cliffortia

Cliffortia ferruginea, cultivated as a ground cover in Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town. Yellow flowers in the background are Gazania krebsiana. [photo H. Robertson, Iziko ©]