Common names: silver pagoda, silver-leaved bottle brush,(Eng.); vaal-stompie, luisbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae
... with hairs held at right angles. Of all silver-leaved Proteaceae in southern Africa, Mimetes argenteus has the most ... Another fascinating adaptation of Mimetes and a few other proteaceae genera is the tendency to release seed in the ... The genus Mimetes is readily distinguished from all other Proteaceae, by the large cylindrical flowerheads. The genus ...
18 / 05 / 2015 | Megan Blatchford | Kirstenbosch NBG
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