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Paranomus candicans
Also called Powder Scepter, Silvery Paranomus
Paranomus candicans, the powder sceptre, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Paranomus and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.
The plant occurs in the Hex River Mountains up to the Langeberg. The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of 600–2,000 m (2,000–6,600 ft).
Bredasdorp Sceptre · Hairy Style Sceptre · Overberg Sceptre · Bokkeveld Tree Sceptre · Fine Leaf Sceptre · Ladismith Sceptre · Long Head Sceptre · Scented Sceptre · Kouga Sceptre · Cluster Flower Paranomus · Exploding Baked Apple · Van Staden's sceptre
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paranomus candicans 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.
