Global InformationMimetes argenteus information
| Mimetes argenteus | |
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Conservation status
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 Endangered (IUCN 3.1)[1] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Mimetes |
| Species: | M. argenteus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimetes argenteus Salisb. ex Knight[2]
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Mimetes argenteus is an evergreen, upright, hardly branching, large shrub of about 2 m (6½ ft) high in the family Proteaceae. It has elliptic, silvery leaves, due to a dense covering of silky hairs, that stand out a right angle from the branches. It has cylindric inflorescences of 8–15 cm (3–6 in) long and 10–12 cm (4–5 in) in diameter, crested by smaller silvery pink leaves at an upright angle. These consist of many flower heads, each containing six to nine individual flowers and ar set in the axil of a leaf flushed mauve to carmine. It flowers from March to June. The silver pagoda naturally occurs in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is called silver pagoda or silver-leaved bottlebrush in English and vaalstompie in Afrikaans.[4]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Raimondo, D.; Helme, N.A.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Mimetes argenteus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113180523A185539192. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113180523A185539192.en. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ "Mimetes argenteus Salisb. ex Knight". The PlantList.
- ^ "Mimetes argenteus Knight". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. Retrieved 11 December 2018.
- ^ Rouke, John Patrick (1984). "Revision of the genus Mimetes Salisb. (Proteaceae)". Journal of South African Botany. 50 (2): 198–203.