Protea intonsa

Protea intonsa also known as the tufted sugarbush, is a flowering plant of the family Proteaceae endemic to South Africa and distributed from the eastern Swartberg and Kamanassie mountains to the Baviaanskloof mountains. In Afrikaans it is known as klossie-suikerbos.[1]

Protea intonsa
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. intonsa
Binomial name
Protea intonsa
Rourke

Description

An small shrub up to 0.3 m tall. Both sexes occur in each flower, which are produced between September and November.[1]

Ecology

The plant is killed by fire, but the seeds survive. Plowers are pollinated by rodents and the seeds are retained in seedheads on the plant for two years before being dispersed by wind[1]

Habitat

Isolated populations of scattered plants grow on dry exposed mountain slopes at altitudes between 1000 and 1600 m in the eastern Swartberg, Kammanassie and Baviaanskloof mountains.[1]

See also

References
  1. "Eastern Ground Sugarbushes - Proteas". www.proteaatlas.org.za. SANBI. Retrieved 28 April 2020.


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