- Protea aurea
taxobox
name = "Protea aurea"
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 smalltree with a single trunk occurring in mountainfynbos , 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 thePotberg .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
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