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Cyclopia squamosa
Wemmershoek honeybush is a rare, wild shrub in the pea family, endemic to the Wemmershoek Mountains of the Western Cape, South Africa, where only about ten plants are known. It is not a common garden plant, and its wild population is threatened by invasive plants and fire, so it is best left in the wild.
Cyclopia squamosa, the Wemmershoek honeybush, is a shrub belonging to the genus Cyclopia. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Wemmershoek Mountains. The plant is rare, the population consists of only ten plants that occur singly. The plant is part of the fynbos and is further threatened by invasive plants and uncontrolled fires.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Cyclopia squamosa by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
