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Paranomus lagopus
Also called Rabbit Paw Scepter, Rabbitpaw Spiderhead
Paranomus lagopus, the rabbit-paw sceptre, is a fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa that grows to about 1.3 m and bears flowers in spring. It is a fire-adapted plant of the Protea family that needs sharply drained, acidic, low-nutrient soil and full sun.
Paranomus lagopus, the rabbit-paw 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 where it occurs in the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, Groot-Winterhoek Mountains and Elandskloof Mountain.
The shrub grows to 1.3 m tall and flowers from September to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollination takes place through the action of insects. The fruit ripens, two months after flowering, and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in sandstone sandy heights of 200 – 1100 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paranomus lagopus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
