Protea decurrens: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
- Species
- Protea decurrens
- Scientific Name
- Protea decurrens
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Protea decurrens
Protea decurrens, also known as linear-leaf sugarbush, is a shrub of the genus Protea, in the Proteaceae family, which is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa. It is a small shrub with a thick underground rootstock, this structure throwing up numerous leafy branches, upon the base of which clusters of flower heads may appear close to the ground. It is pollinated by rodents and grows in low-altitude fynbos or renosterveld.
In the Afrikaans language it is known as the Overbergsesuikerbos.
...Protea decurrens in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Overbergsesuikerbos
- English
- Linearleaf Sugarbush
- English
- Overberg Sugarbush
- English
- Linear-Leaf Sugarbush
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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