Global InformationLeucospermum wittebergense information
| Leucospermum wittebergense | |
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| photo: Tony Rebelo | |
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. wittebergense
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum wittebergense Compton[2]
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Leucospermum wittebergense is an evergreen, upright to more or less spreading shrub of ½–1½ m (1⅔–5 ft) high and wide from the family Proteaceae. It has globe-shaped flower heads of about 2 cm (0.8 in) in diameter with initially whitish, later pinkish flowers. It has crowded, overlapping, inverted lance-shaped leaves, set at an upward angle and covered in short, dense grey-silvery shaggy hairs. From the center of the perianth emerge almost straight styles that jointly give the impression of a pincushion. It is called Swartberg pincushion in English. The species naturally occurs in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It can be found flowering between August and January.[2]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum wittebergense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113178473A157948579. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113178473A157948579.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Rourke, John Patrick (1970). Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br (PDF). pp. 185–187.