Leucospermum bolusii
Shrub in the family Proteaceae from the Western Cape of South Africa / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Leucospermum bolusii is a shrub native to South Africa. It grows to 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) in height, and has nearly hairless leaves with a single apical tooth. The leaves are oval shaped and range from 25–45 mm (0.98–1.77 in) in length. The flower heads are about 2 cm in diameter, slightly flattened globe shaped, are set on a stalk of about 1 cm and crowded with up to eight together at the tip of the branches. They each contain 50–100 small, sweetly scented creamy white flowers, that later turn light pink. Flowering takes place between September and December. It is called Gordon's Bay pincushion in English and witluisiesbos in Afrikaans.[3][4]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Proteales |
Family: | Proteaceae |
Genus: | Leucospermum |
Species: | L. bolusii |
Binomial name | |
Leucospermum bolusii | |
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