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Protea pityphylla
Also called Long Leaved Mountain Rose, Mountain Rose, Long Leaf Mountainrose, Pine Leaf Mountainrose
Protea pityphylla, also known as Ceres sugarbush or mountain rose (along with a number of similar species), is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea, in the family Proteaceae. The plant is endemic to the southwestern Cape Region of South Africa.
This species has a very restricted range, occurring in an area of occupancy of only 88 km2 (34 sq mi), and it is known from only five localities. It is endemic to the Western Cape province of South Africa. Protea pityphylla is found on the mountains surrounding the Ceres valley: the Skurweberg Mountains, Hex River Mountains, and Olifants River Mountains. In the Hex River Mountains it can be found from Ceres to the Sanddrift Peaks. It occurs on Michell's Pass in the Skurweberge. There is an outlying population on the Dasklip Pass. In the few locations where it does occur, it can grow relatively densely in small isolated stands.
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 pityphylla 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.
