Flower heads, side view; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Flower heads; Hekpoort, West Rand, Gauteng, South Africa; 7/2009 © Jörn Germer
Identifier: 1270 Date of entry: 18.04.2010 Last update: 11.01.2020
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Asterales (229)
Family: Asteraceae (228)(family description)
Genus: Athrixia (1)
Epithet: elata Sond. (2)
elata => exalted, tall, lofty, stately
Climate: sub-tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: pink, yellow, white
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