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Mimetes chrysanthus
Also called Gamka Mimetes
Mimetes chrysanthus (also called golden pagoda) is an evergreen, upright shrub of 1½–2 m (5–6½ ft) high that has been assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has green, slightly stalked oval leaves of 3–4½ cm (1.2–1.8 in) long and 1–1¾ cm (0.4–0.7 in) wide. The inflorescences are near the tip of the branches, cylinder-shaped and consist of 50–70 densely cropped flower heads, each in the axil of a green leaf, consisting of 25–35 golden yellow, faintly sweet scented flowers. It is endemic to the Fynbos ecoregion of South Africa and is found in two locations, in the Western Cape province. The flowering season is from March to May or June, but flower heads sometimes occur in any other part of the year.
The golden pagoda is known from two locations. The first, where the species was discovered is on the Gamkaberg, situated on the edge of the Little Karoo, the other on the Perdeberg near Herold. In Gamka it grows on steep, well-drained and nutrient-poor sandy slopes that face the summer winds that bring some rain and mist, though most precipitation fall during the winter, averaging 400–450 mm (15–18 in). Here it can be found at an altitude of 800–1040 m (2625–3415 ft) in several Sandstone Fynbos types, in particular the Outiniqua Sandstone Fynbos, the South, and the North Rooiberg Sandstone Fynbos.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Mimetes chrysanthus 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.
