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Rush Capeblue
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Rush Capeblue

Aristea juncifolia

Aristea juncifolia, commonly known as the rush-leaf aristea or rush capeblue, is a cormous geophyte belonging to the genus Aristea and is part of the fynbos. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cape Peninsula to the Kleinrivier Mountains near Stanford. The plant has an extent of occurrence of 3,132 km². It has lost 11% of its habitat to development but currently faces no threats.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 580244.