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Protea lorea
Also called Pine Leaf Erodendrum, Thongleaf Sugarbush
Protea lorea, also known as the thong-leaf sugarbush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Protea.
In Afrikaans it is known as sneeugrondsuikerbos.
Protea lorea is endemic to South Africa, where it is only found in the Western Cape, from the Wemmershoek Mountains through the mountains of Kogelberg, Riviersonderend, Langeberg, and the Hottentots Holland Mountains of the Helderberg region, to the towns of Ceres and Caledon.
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 lorea 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.
