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Protea effusa
Also called Marloth's Sugarbush
Protea effusa, sometimes known as the scarlet sugarbush, is a flowering plant which belongs to the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. In the Afrikaans language the vernacular name blosrooisuikerbos has been recorded for this plant.
Cultivation of this species is not always easy, the collection locality from which a particular batch of plants originates may play a large part in determining how it will grow. It prefers a cool and dry climate, being native to mountainous regions of the Cape Region. It is best grown in well-drained soils. The flower heads have successfully been used as cut flowers.
It occurs from the Koue Bokkeveld Mountains (such as the Waboomsberg) to the Du Toit Mountains and Naudesberg area of the Western Cape province. Within this area it occurs in the Franschhoek, the Gydoberg, Hex River and Groot Winterhoek mountains.
Common Ground Sugarbush · 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
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea effusa 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.
