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Leucospermum parile
Also called Matched Leucadendrum
Leucospermum parile is a rounded shrub, of up to 1+1⁄2 m (4.9 ft) high that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has narrow, grey felty leaves of about 2 cm (0.79 in) long and 7 mm (0.28 in) wide, with rich yellow, globular, well-scented flower heads of about 3 cm (1.2 in) across. It grows in pure white sand in the sandveld of a very small area in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is called Malmesbury pincushion in English and Malmesburyluisie in Afrikaans. It flowers from July till November.
Leucospermum parile only occurs over a small area between the Mamre Moravian Road station and Abbotsdale in the north, Dassenberg in the west and Kalbaskraal in the south, all within the Malmesbury District.
Redelinghuys Pincushion · Gordon's Bay Pincushion · Arid Pincushion · Catherine's Pincushion · Grey tree-pincushion · Heart Leaf Pincushion · Red pincushion-protea · Common Pincushion · Oudtshoorn Pincushion · Silver-leaf wheel pincushion · Potberg Pincushion · Soapstone Pincushion
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucospermum parile 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.
