Serruria
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *'' Serruria acrocarpa'' *''Serruria adscendens'' *''Serruria aemula'' *'' Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *''Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *'' Serruria candicans'' *''Serruria collina'' *'' Serruria confragosa'' *'' Serruria cyanoides'' *'' Serruria cygnea'' *'' Serruria decipiens'' *'' Serruria decumbens'' *'' Serruria deluvialis'' *'' Serruria dodii'' *'' Serruria effusa'' *'' Serruria elongata'' *'' Serruria fasciflora'' *'' Serruria flagellifolia'' *'' Serruria flava'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Flava
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic (ecology), endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *''Serruria adscendens'' *''Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *''Serruria altiscapa'' *''Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *''Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Flagellifolia
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *'' Serruria acrocarpa'' *''Serruria adscendens'' *''Serruria aemula'' *'' Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *''Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *'' Serruria candicans'' *''Serruria collina'' *'' Serruria confragosa'' *'' Serruria cyanoides'' *'' Serruria cygnea'' *'' Serruria decipiens'' *'' Serruria decumbens'' *'' Serruria deluvialis'' *'' Serruria dodii'' *'' Serruria effusa'' *'' Serruria elongata'' *'' Serruria fasciflora'' *'' Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Elongata
''Serruria elongata'' or long-stalk spiderhead is a plant belonging to the protea family. It is an erect, hairless shrublet of 1–1½ m (3½–5 ft) high with densely set, alternate, finely divided leaves lower down the plant, with needle-like segments. On top of an up to long inflorescence stalk are several, loosely arranged heads of pin-like, densely silvery-haired flower buds, each of which opens with four curled, magenta pink corolla lobes. The species is endemic to the southern Western Cape province of South Africa. It flowers during the southern hemisphere winter and early spring, between June and September. Description ''Serruria elongata'' is a small, hairless shrub of 1–1½ m (3½–5 ft) high with upright or rising stems. Its leaves are arranged in what appears to be a whorl at the base of the inflorescence stalk, are 5–12½ cm (2–5 in) long twice or more feather-shaped divided in the upper half to third, with about sixty segments, hairless or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Aitonii
''Serruria aitonii'', the marshmallow spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus ''Serruria'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg and Sandveld to the Groot-Winterhoek Mountains and Piketberg. The shrub is round and grows 1.0 m tall and flowers from July to November. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. Two months after flowering, the fruit falls off and ants disperse the seeds. They store the seeds in their nests. The plant is unisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of insects. The plant grows in a mountainous environment in rocky sandstone soil at altitudes of 900-600 m. In Afrikaans it is known as . Gallery Serruria aitonii 56454342.jpg Serruria aitonii 58804712.jpg Serruria aitonii 58805877.jpg Serruria aitonii 96287458.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 1.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 2.jpg Serruria aitonii Flipphi 4.jpg References Threatened Species Progr ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Fasciflora
''Serruria fasciflora'' or common pin spiderhead is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is a sprawling to upright shrublet of 40 cm to 1 m (1–3 ft) high and about m (1 ft) wide. It has finely divided, upward curving leaves with thread-thin segments and clusters of sweetly scented heads, each consisting of five to seven silvery pink flowers, that may be found year-round, but mostly from May to December. It is a rather widespread and common species, that is restricted to the south of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Description ''Serruria fasciflora'' is a much branched, sprawling to upright perennial shrublet of 40 cm to 1 m (1–3 ft) high and about m (1 ft) wide, with purplish, initially felty or powdery hairs that are lost later on. It has sparsely hairy, twice finely divided in the upper half to two thirds, green leaves of 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 2–3 cm (1.0–1.4 in) wide. The furthest segments up to ab ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Acrocarpa
''Serruria acrocarpa'', the common rootstock spiderhead. is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus ''Serruria'' and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg to the Southern Cape. The shrub grows to 50 cm in length and flowers in spring. The plant sprouts again after it has burned. The plant grows on plains and lower slopes of fynbos vegetation. In Afrikaans it is known as . Gallery Serruria acrocarpa Rebelo 1.jpg Serruria acrocarpa Rebelo 2.jpg Serruria acrocarpa Rebelo 3.jpg Serruria acrocarpa Rebelo 5.jpg Serruria acrocarpa Rebelo 6.jpg References Threatened Species Programme , SANBI Red List of South African PlantsSerruria acrocarpa {{Taxonbar, from=Q18082682 acrocarpa ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |