Global InformationMimetes hirtus information
| Mimetes hirtus | |
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| Habit and individual flower head | |
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Conservation status
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 Vulnerable (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. hirtus
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| Binomial name | |
| Mimetes hirtus (L.) Salisb.
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| Synonyms | |
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Mimetes hirtus is an upright, evergreen shrub of 1½–2 m (5–6½ ft) high from the family Proteaceae. It has upright, overlapping, (broadly) lance-shaped leaves, without teeth, but with one thickened pointy tip. It has cylindric inflorescences topped by a pine apple-like tuft of pinkish-brownish, smaller and more or less horizontal leaves. The flowerheads are tightly enclosed by yellow, red-tipped bracts, only the 9–14 long red styles and the whitish silky tips of the perianth sticking out. It is primarily pollinated by the Cape sugarbird. It is an endemic species of the southwest of the Western Cape province of South Africa, and grows in wet zones at the base of south facing mountain slopes. Flower heads may be found from May to November, but peaks in July and August. The species has several vernacular names of which marsh pagoda seems to be used most.[2][3]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Mimetes hirtus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113181015A185559356. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113181015A185559356.en. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
- ^ Rouke, John Patrick (1984). "Revision of the genus Mimetes Salisb. (Proteaceae)". Journal of South African Botany. 50 (2): 218–222.
- ^ Caitlin von Witt (March 2006). "Mimetes hirtus (L.) Salisb. ex Knight". PlantZAfrica.com. South African National Biodiversity Institute. Retrieved 4 November 2015.