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White-haired cycad

Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi

Also called Old Man of the Mountains

White-haired cycad
Photo: User:BotBln, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Zamiaceae (Cycad family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
E. Cape Prov. to KwaZulu-Natal
Climate
subtropical

About

Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi is a species of cycad in the family Zamiaceae. It is sometimes referred to by the common name White-haired Cycad. It is native to Eastern Cape province and KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa at elevations of 700 up to 1400 meters.

Other Encephalartos plants

Cycad · Eastern Cape giant cycad · Cycad · Alexandria cycad · Cycad · Escarpment cycad · Lake Natron Cycad · Cycad · Chimanimani cycad · Runde cycad · Cycad · Winterberg Cycad

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Encephalartos friderici-guilielmi 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.

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