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Sorocephalus teretifolius
Also called Captitate Powderpuff, Pin Head Powderpuff, Pinhead Powderpuff
Pinhead clusterhead is a small fynbos shrub of the Protea family, reaching about 1 m, endemic to a limited area of the Western Cape. It is a wild species of rocky, dry slopes and is rarely grown in gardens, so care notes are mostly general.
Sorocephalus teretifolius, the pinhead clusterhead, is a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Sorocephalus and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape where it occurs in the Palmiet River valley in the Kogelberg.
The shrub grows only 1 m high and flowers from November to December. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollination takes place through the action of insects. Two months after the plant has flowered, the fruit ripens and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in rocky, dry slopes at elevations of 1500 – 1850 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Sorocephalus teretifolius 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.
