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Hedgehog Snakebush

Stoebe microphylla

Hedgehog Snakebush
Photo: (c) douglaseustonbrown, some rights reserved (CC BY-SA), CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
S. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Stoebe microphylla is a shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Eastern Cape and the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant occurs from Malmesbury to Nieuwoudtville.

Other Stoebe plants

Stoebe aethiopica · Stoebe alopecuroides · Common Snakebush · Wingleaf Snakebush · Cone Snakebush · Stoebe gomphrenoides · Stoebe leucocephala · Stoebe montana · Grey Snakebush · Spiky Snakebush · Stoebe phyllostachya · Creeping Snakebush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stoebe microphylla 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.

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