Global InformationLeucospermum prostratum information
| Leucospermum prostratum | |
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Conservation status
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 Near Threatened (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. prostratum
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum prostratum (Thunb.) Stapf
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| Synonyms[2] | |
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Leucospermum prostratum is a trailing shrub of up to 4 m (13 ft) in diameter from the Proteaceae. It has alternately set, about 3 cm (1.2 in) long, lance-shaped, olive-colored, upright leaves, and produces sweetly scented, compact, hemispherical flower heads, with long styles sticking out far from the perianth tube, which jointly give the flower head the appearance of a pincushion. The fragrant flowers found between July and December are initially yellow but turn orange when older.[2] It is an endemic species restricted to the south coast of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Its common name is yellow-trailing pincushion.
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum prostratum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113174922A185546785. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113174922A185546785.en. Retrieved 30 December 2021.
- ^ a b Rourke, John Patrick (1970). Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br (PDF). pp. 205–208.