Shuttlecock Sugarbush

Protea aurea

"Protea aurea", the long-bud sugarbush, is a shrub or small tree with a single trunk occurring in mountain fynbos, usually on cool, moist, southern slopes. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.
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Appearance

The flowerheads are solitary and resemble a shuttlecock when open. Fruit is a densely hairy nut. Two subspecies are recognised: subsp. "aurea" and subsp. "potbergensis" with the later being rare and restricted to the Potberg.

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Status: Least concern
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Taxonomy
KingdomPlantae
DivisionAngiosperms
ClassEudicots
OrderProteales
FamilyProteaceae
GenusProtea
SpeciesP. aurea
Photographed in
Australia