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Protea burchellii
Also called Burchells Sugarbush, Gleaming Sugarbush, Neat Erodendrum, Petite Protea, Sugar Sugarbush
Protea burchellii, also known as Burchell's sugarbush, is a flowering shrub in the genus Protea, which is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.
The shrub is known by the vernacular name of blinksuikerbos in the Afrikaans language.
Protea burchellii is endemic to the southern and southwestern Cape Region of South Africa, where it is only found in the Western Cape province. The range extends from the Hottentots Holland Mountains to the Olifants River Mountains, and on the lowland flatlands on the Cape Peninsula (historically) to the plains of the Hopefield Flats. Isolated populations occur on the Witzenbergvlakte, Piketberg, and the upper part of the Breede River Valley. It grows around the Paarl Rock and near the town of Mamre.
Protea burchellii and its hybrids are popular crops in the cut flower industry.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea burchellii 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.
