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Serruria aitonii
Also called Spiderhead
Serruria aitonii, the marshmallow spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg and Sandveld to the Groot-Winterhoek Mountains and Piketberg. The shrub is round and grows 1.0 m tall and flowers from July to November.
Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. Two months after flowering, the fruit falls off and ants disperse the seeds. They store the seeds in their nests. The plant is unisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of insects. The plant grows in a mountainous environment in rocky sandstone soil at elevations of 900–600 m.
Common Rootstock Spiderhead · Kleinmond Spiderhead · Strawberry Spiderhead · Stately Spiderhead · Acorn Spiderhead · Agulhas Spiderhead · Bottlebrush Spiderhead · Shiny Spiderhead · Lost Spiderhead · Wavy Spiderhead · Wynberg Spiderhead · Swan Spiderhead
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Serruria aitonii 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.
