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Paranomus longicaulis
Also called Long Stem Paranomus, Woolly Scepter, Woolly Sceptre
Paranomus longicaulis is a fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, growing up to 2.5 m tall with woolly flower heads that appear mainly from September to December. It is a wild fynbos species rather than a commonly grown garden plant, and it relies on fire and sandstone soils to regenerate.
Paranomus longicaulis, commonly known as exploding baked apple and woolly 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 on the eastern Langeberg from Garcia Pass to the Attakwaskloof.
The shrub grows up to 2.5 m tall and flowers mainly from September to December. 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 the plant has flowered and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of 400 - 600 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paranomus longicaulis 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.
