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Protea welwitschii
Also called Cluster Head Protea, Cluster Head Sugarbush, Dwarf Savanna Sugarbush, Honey Scented Protea, White Sugar Bush, Honey Scented Sugarbush, Russet Protea
Protea welwitschii is a spreading, multi-stemmed shrub or small gnarled tree from southern tropical Africa, found in bushveld and grassland. It is grown in gardens mainly for its silvery-velvet young foliage and clustered flower heads, and it needs full sun, excellent drainage and a dry rest period.
Protea welwitschii is a species of shrub or small tree which belongs to the genus Protea, and which occurs in bushveld and different types of grassland.
Vernacular names given for this species include cluster-head protea, honey-scented protea and rusty velvet protea in southern tropical Africa, and in South Africa the dwarf savanna sugarbush, cluster-head sugarbush or the white sugar-bush. In isiZulu it is known as isiqalaba. In Afrikaans the common names of troshofiesuikerbos, kleinsuikerbos, troshofie-suikerbos, welwitsch-se-suikerbos, witsuikerbos, witsuikerboskan, and simply suikerbos, have all been recorded for this species.
The species is widely distributed in the southeastern third of Africa south of the Sahara. It does not occur in the Sahel of West Africa. Countries it occurs in include Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia, Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, Mozambique, Lesotho and South Africa.
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 welwitschii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
