Protea angolensis

taxobox
name = "Protea angolensis"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Protea"
species = "P. angolensis"
binomial = "Protea angolensis"|

"Protea angolensis" (northern sugarbush) is a dwarf, multistemmed shrub or small straggling tree occurring in open wooded grassland. The leaves are leathery and hairless and the flowerheads are solitary with the involucral bracts a pale green to bright pink or red colour. The flowers are white to dark pink. The fruit is a densely hairy nut. This species occurs mainly in Zimbabwe and to a limited extent in Mozambique.

References

*van Wyk, B. and van Wyk, P. 1997. "Field Guide to trees of South Africa". Struik, Cape Town
*Pooley, E. 2005. "A Field Guide to Wild Flowers of Kwazulu-Natal and the Eastern Region". National Floral Publications Trust, Durban