Nyctaginaceae

Phaeoptilum spinosum Radlk.

Family: Nyctaginaceae
Genus: Phaeoptilum

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Phaeoptilum spinosum (Phaeoptilum spinosum) — FlowerPhoto: Stefan Wolmarans, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist

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Common names

By language (2)

Afrikaans: Brosdoring
Portuguese: Phaeoptilum

Synonyms

Amphoranthus spinosus S.Moore
Phaeoptilum heimerli Engl.

Photos

FlowerPhoto: Stefan Wolmarans, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Caroline Voget, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dave U, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: dune_ninja, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Nogga_Eugene, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Paul S Kruger, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: mr_t_explorer, CC0, from iNaturalist
Photo: Ji-Elle, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons

Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.