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Aulax cancellata
Also called Pine Leaf Aulax, Pineleaf Featherbush
Aulax cancellata, the channel-leaf featherbush, is a shrub that is native to the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape and belongs to the genus Aulax. This plant is widespread, it occurs on the Cape Peninsula, Hottentots-Holland Mountains to the Langeberg and Kouga Mountains, Swartberg and Kammanassie Mountains. The shrub grows upright with a single stem and grows up to 2.5 m tall.
The plant dies in a fire but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual, male and female flowers grow on different plants. The plants bloom from November to February. A variety of insect species help pollinate the plants. Female flowers dry out and form a woody shell in which the seeds are formed and preserved. The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of 0 to 1 200 m.
Needle Leaf Featherbush · Featherbush · Baskets And Featherdusters
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Aulax cancellata by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
