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Stipagrostis obtusa

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

Stipagrostis obtusa

Small bushman grass (Stipagrostis obtusa) and dolerite boulders in Bushmanland between Augrabies and Pofadder, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Stipagrostis obtusa

Stark's lark (Spizocorys starki) in the shade of a clump of Short bushman grass (Stipagrostis obtusa) in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park, Northern Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]