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Protea lepidocarpodendron

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Kingdom
  
Plantae

Family
  
Proteaceae

Genus
  
Protea

Rank
  
Species

Order
  
Proteales

Subfamily
  
Proteoideae

Scientific name
  
Protea lepidocarpodendron


Similar
  
Protea lanceolata, Protea laurifolia, Protea coronata, Protea scolymocephala, Protea mundii

Protea lepidocarpodendron, the black bearded sugarbush, is a bearded Protea that is placed in the section Speciosae. It grows between one and 2 m tall, with narrowly oblong leaves. Flowerheads are oblong with a purple-black beard and black hairs below the beard. It typically grows in sandstone, fericrete and granite soils in the Western Cape from Cape Town to Kleinmond. It is near-threatened.

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Protea lepidocarpodendron Wikipedia