Global InformationLeucospermum calligerum information
| Leucospermum calligerum | |
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Conservation status
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 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Leucospermum |
| Species: | L. calligerum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum calligerum (Salisb. ex. Knight) Rourke
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| Synonyms[2][3] | |
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Leucospermum calligerum is a softly hairy shrub, with wand-like branches, entire ovate leaves that have a bony tip of about 25 × 6 mm (1 × ¼ in), and globular heads of 2–3½ cm (0.8–1.4 in) in diameter, with two to six together near the tip of the branches and flowering in turn, that consist of 4-merous flowers, initially cream-colored, later pink, with the petals curled and the styles 2–2½ cm (0.8–1.0 in) long, sticking out like pins from a cushion. It is called arid pincushion or common louse pincushion in English and rooiluisie in Afrikaans. Well-scented flowers can be found from July to January. It naturally occurs in fynbos in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa.[2][4][5]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum calligerum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113171918A157954981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113171918A157954981.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Rourke, John Patrick (1970). = 1 Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br (PDF). pp. 177–184.
{{cite book}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Leucospermum calligerum Rourke". The Plantlist.
- ^ John Manning (2007). Field Guide to Fynbos (illustrated ed.). Struik. p. 270. ISBN 9781770072657.
- ^ "Identifying Pincushions". Protea Atlas Project.