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Common Ground Sugarbush

Protea acaulos

Also called Ground Protea

Common Ground Sugarbush
Photo: William Hooker, Public domain
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Protea acaulos, also known as the common ground sugarbush, is a flowering plant found in the southwestern Cape Region, South Africa. It is also simply known as ground protea; in the Afrikaans language it is known as an aardroos.

Where it grows

Protea acaulos is an endemic species of the Western Cape province of South Africa, but it is nonetheless widespread in this province. It is found on the Cape Peninsula in the southwest, and furthermore grows on the flats north to the Cederberg in the northwest, to the Elim Flats in the Agulhas Plain, the Caledon Swartberg, and the Riviersonderend Mountains, eastwards to Bredasdorp.

Other Protea plants

Black Rim Sugarbush · Clasping Leaf Sugarbush · Angolan Protea · Kleinmond Sugarbush · Ladismith Sugarbush · Rough Leaf Sugarbush · Inyanga Sugarbush · Potberg Sugarbush · Shuttlecock sugarbush · Burchell's Sugarbush · Bishop Sugarbush · Groove Leaf Sugarbush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea acaulos 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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