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Protea odorata
Also called Dewdrop Protea
Protea odorata (Swartland Sugarbush) is a small, sparsely branched, unisexual evergreen shrub that grows up to 1.5 metres tall. It has light green branches that turn brown with age and produce leaves that are upward or arched like leaves. The leaves are hairless and have a curved back and tips that can easily hurt the hand when touched. The leaves become black with age and the spines are pink or reddish in young years, but turn brown with age.
The shrub is endemic to the Western Cape, where it is distributed from Kalbaskraal to Klapmuts. With only a few individuals left, the plant is classified as critically endangered.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Protea odorata 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.
