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Creeping Snakebush

Stoebe prostrata

Creeping Snakebush
Photo: (c) Caroline Voget, some rights reserved (CC BY), CC BY 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Stoebe prostrata is a shrub belonging to the Asteraceae family. The species is endemic to the Western Cape and is part of the fynbos. The plant occurs from the northern Cape Peninsula to Bainskloof and the Riviersonderend Mountains. There is a record of a single plant being found at Goedgeloof Peak in the Langeberg.

Other Stoebe plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Stoebe prostrata 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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