Shrub in the family Proteaceae from the Western Cape of South Africa
Leucospermum praecox
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Plantae
Clade:
Tracheophytes
Clade:
Angiosperms
Clade:
Eudicots
Order:
Proteales
Family:
Proteaceae
Genus:
Leucospermum
Species:
L. praecox
Binomial name
Leucospermum praecox
Phillips, 1910[2]
Leucospermum praecox is an evergreen, rounded, upright shrub of up to 3 m (9 ft) high, and 4 m (12 ft) in diameter that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has hairless, inverted egg-shaped to broadly wedge-shaped leaves of about 5 cm (2 in) long with six to eleven teeth near the tip, globe-shaped flower head with initially yellow flowers, later orange or scarlet, with styles sticking far out, giving the head the appearance of a pincushion. It is called Mossel Bay pincushion or large-tufted pincushion in English. It flowers between April and September. It is an endemic species that is restricted to the very south of the Western Cape province of South Africa.[3]
^Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum praecox". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113174043A185538666. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113174043A185538666.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^Rourke, John Patrick (1970). Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br(PDF). pp. 55–57.
^"Leucospermum praecox". SANBI PlantZA.
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