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Leafy Sugarbush

Protea foliosa

Leafy Sugarbush
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub, Bulb
Native range
S. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Protea foliosa, also known as the leafy sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the genus Protea in the family Proteaceae which is endemic to the Cape Region of South Africa. In the Afrikaans language it is known as ruie-suikerbos.

Where it grows

The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape province of South Africa. It is distributed from the Elandsberg to Port Elizabeth, and Riebeek East to Makhanda (formerly Grahamstown) or the Bushman's River Poort. It is spatially distributed as either scattered individuals to being locally abundant in occurrence. It occurs over a range of 9750 km2 (extent of occurrence).

Other Protea plants

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 foliosa 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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