Proteaceae

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Spatalla parilis Knight

Spatalla parilis Knight

Spatalla parilis Knight

Spatalla parilis Knight is an upright South African fire-killed shrub pollinated by insects, with ant-spread seeds.

Sorocephalus lanatus (Thunb.) R.Br.

Sorocephalus lanatus (Thunb.) R.Br.

Sorocephalus lanatus (Thunb.) R.Br.

Sorocephalus lanatus is a spreading fynbos native shrub that occurs in mountain regions of South Africa's Western Cape.

Petrophile biloba R.Br.

Petrophile biloba R.Br.

Petrophile biloba R.Br.

Petrophile biloba is a flowering Australian shrub found in heath over laterite in southwestern Western Australia.

Petrophile brevifolia Lindl.

Petrophile brevifolia Lindl.

Petrophile brevifolia Lindl.

Petrophile brevifolia is a non-lignotuberous Australian shrub that produces yellow, creamy yellow or white hairy flowers between June and December.

Petrophile serruriae R.Br.

Petrophile serruriae R.Br.

Petrophile serruriae R.Br.

Petrophile serruriae is a flowering shrub widespread in coastal limestone of south-west Western Australia.

Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.

Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.

Petrophile diversifolia R.Br.

Petrophile diversifolia R.Br. is a flowering shrub native to southwestern Western Australia. It has variable fern-like leaves and creamy-white clustered flowers.

Petrophile squamata R.Br.

Petrophile squamata R.Br.

Petrophile squamata R.Br.

Petrophile squamata is an erect flowering shrub widespread in sandy habitats between Perth and Israelite Bay, Australia.

Petrophile teretifolia R.Br.

Petrophile teretifolia R.Br.

Petrophile teretifolia R.Br.

Petrophile teretifolia R.Br. is a pink to mauve-flowered shrub endemic to south-western Western Australia.

Petrophile pedunculata R.Br.

Petrophile pedunculata R.Br.

Petrophile pedunculata R.Br.

Petrophile pedunculata is a shrub that grows in open forest and heath on shallow sandstone in New South Wales, Australia.

Petrophile shirleyae F.M.Bailey

Petrophile shirleyae F.M.Bailey

Petrophile shirleyae F.M.Bailey

Petrophile shirleyae is an erect shrub that grows in sandy near-coastal habitats of south-eastern Queensland.

Petrophile sessilis Sieber ex Schult.

Petrophile sessilis Sieber ex Schult.

Petrophile sessilis Sieber ex Schult.

Petrophile sessilis is an erect silky-haired creamy-flowered shrub native to New South Wales, found on sandstone in heath, woodland, and forest.

Protea rupicola Mund ex Meisn.

Protea rupicola Mund ex Meisn.

Protea rupicola Mund ex Meisn.

Protea rupicola, the krantz sugarbush, is a rare endemic flowering shrub of South African mountains growing up to 2m tall.

Protea dracomontana Beard

Protea dracomontana Beard

Protea dracomontana Beard

Protea dracomontana Beard is a low, multi-stemmed shrub native to high-altitude grasslands in South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Protea parvula Beard

Protea parvula Beard

Protea parvula Beard

Protea parvula Beard is a low creeping shrub groundcover from South African and eSwatini mountains, with conflicting accounts of its wildfire survival.

Protea simplex E.Phillips

Protea simplex E.Phillips

Protea simplex E.Phillips

Protea simplex E.Phillips is a small unisexual shrub native to the Drakensberg escarpment of southern Africa, pollinated by birds.

Protea effusa E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea effusa E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea effusa E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea effusa is a small-leaved protea native to Western Cape, South African mountain summits, adapted to rodent pollination and fynbos wildfire regimes.

Protea recondita H.Buek ex Meisn.

Protea recondita H.Buek ex Meisn.

Protea recondita H.Buek ex Meisn.

Protea recondita, the hidden sugarbush, is a South African endemic protea pollinated by non-flying mammals.

Protea foliosa Rourke

Protea foliosa Rourke

Protea foliosa Rourke

Protea foliosa, the leafy sugarbush, is an endemic South African flowering Proteaceae, pollinated mostly by the striped mouse Rhabdomys pumilio.

Protea montana E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea montana E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea montana E.Mey. ex Meisn.

Protea montana, the Swartberg sugarbush, is a flowering protea endemic to mountain areas of South Africa's Western Cape.

Protea tenax (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea tenax (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea tenax (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea tenax, the tenacious sugarbush, is an endemic flowering plant of South Africa's Cape Provinces in the Proteaceae family.

Protea punctata Meisn.

Protea punctata Meisn.

Protea punctata Meisn.

Protea punctata Meisn. is a large, erect fynbos shrub endemic to South Africa's Cape provinces, adapted to periodic wildfires.

Protea lacticolor Salisb.

Protea lacticolor Salisb.

Protea lacticolor Salisb.

Protea lacticolor is an endemic South African flowering shrub pollinated by birds that grows in mountainous wet habitats.

Protea venusta Compton

Protea venusta Compton

Protea venusta Compton

Protea venusta Compton is a unisexual fire-killed shrub, bird-pollinated, wind-dispersed, native to South African mountains.

Protea amplexicaulis (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea amplexicaulis (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea amplexicaulis (Salisb.) R.Br.

Protea amplexicaulis, the clasping-leaf sugarbush, is a low spreading endemic flowering shrub from South Africa's Cape Provinces.

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