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Spiny Dollprotea

Macledium spinosum

Spiny Dollprotea
Photo: Karen Pagel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Native range
Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Macledium spinosum is a variable species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, that is endemic to the southern Cape regions of South Africa.

Where it grows

This species can be found from Worcester in the west, eastwards through the Little Karoo and Overberg regions, as far east as Somerset East.

Other Macledium plants

Macledium canum · Pretoria Karmedik · Silver Dollprotea · Dollproteas

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Macledium spinosum 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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