Protea aurea

taxobox
name = "Protea aurea"

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image_caption = "P. aurea" subsp. "potbergensis"
regnum = Plantae
unranked_divisio = Angiosperms
unranked_classis = Eudicots
ordo = Proteales
familia = Proteaceae
genus = "Protea"
species = "P. aurea"
binomial = "Protea aurea"|

"Protea aurea" (long-bud sugarbush) is a shrub or small tree with a single trunk occurring in mountain fynbos, usually on cool, moist, southern slopes. Flowerheads are solitary and resemble a shuttlecock when open. Fruit is a densley hairy nut. Two subspecies are recognised: subsp. "aurea" and subsp. "potbergensis" with the later being rare and restricted to the Potberg.

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