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Daubenya aurea

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Monocotyledons > Order: Asparagales > Family: Asparagaceae > Genus: Daubenya

Daubenya aurea

The scarlet form of Daubenya aurea flowering in spring on heavy dolerite clay on the Roggeveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Daubenya aurea Daubenya aurea

The scarlet form of Daubenya aurea flowering in spring on heavy dolerite clay on the Roggeveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

The rare yellow form of Daubenya aurea in flower in heavy doleritic clay in spring. Danielskuil, Roggeveld Escarpment, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Daubenya aurea

The scarlet form of Daubenya aurea flowering in spring with white Heliophila seselifolia on heavy dolerite clay on the Roggeveld, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Endemic to red clay soils in the Sutherland district of the Northern Cape.