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Paranomus reflexus

Paranomus reflexus flowerheads
Common names: Van Staden's sceptre
Family: Proteaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2010 Paranomus reflexus is a robust, well-branched shrub, 1-2 m ... achene with a ring of hairs around the base. Although Paranomus species are quite tricky to differentiate, this one ... and the two species are separated geographically. Paranomus reflexus grows on sandstone slopes, at an altitude ...

28 / 06 / 2010 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus

Flower head
Common names: King Gustave's sceptre, bottlebrush, white sceptre, sceptre-like paranomus (Eng.); perdebos, septerpluimbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Harold Porter National Botanical Garden June 2014     Paranomus  sceptrum-gustavianus is a stout, usually ... from July to March and the flowers are strongly scented. Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus is found overlooking the sea ... Mountains as well as those above Betty's Bay and Hangklip. Paranomus sceptrum-gustavianus also occurs on the ...

23 / 06 / 2014 | Nosiphelele Patricia Mapukata | Harold Porter NBG
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Paranomus longicaulis

Paranomus longicaulis
Common names: woolly sceptre, exploding baked apple (Eng.); poppiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden May 2018 Paranomus longicaulis is an evergreen, sparsely branched ... are hardening brown, linear floral bracts at the base.  Paranomus longicaulis flowers year round, but most abundantly ... drops its smooth, nut seeds a few months after flowering. Paranomus longicaulis occurs in the Eastern Langeberg from ...

28 / 05 / 2018 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Paranomus bracteolaris

Paranomus bracteolaris
Common names: Bokkeveld sceptre, smooth-leaved tree-sceptre (Eng.); bokkeveld-septerboom, afveebos, balbyterbos, haakbos, heuningbos, kloofbesem, perdebos, sousbos,
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2018   Paranomus bracteolaris is a well-branched shrub that grows ... style, surrounded by a ring of hairs at the base. Paranomus bracteolaris is endemic to the region between the ... conditions of 1 300 mm rainfall annually. The leaves of Paranomus are sclerophyllous as are those of other proteas. ...

10 / 12 / 2018 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Paranomus dregei

Paranomus dregei
Common names: scented sceptre (Eng.); parfuumsepter (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden June 2021 Paranomus dregei is an evergreen, branched shrub that grows ... around the base, and is released 2 months after flowering. Paranomus dregei grows naturally in dry, mountain sandstone ... on sandstone, usually at 900–1400 m altitude. Paranomus dregei is killed by fire and reproduces by seeds ...

28 / 06 / 2021 | Mashudu Nndanduleni | Kirstenbosch NBG
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