Protea aurea, the long-bud sugarbush, is a shrub or small tree with a single trunk occurring in mountain fynbos, usually on cool, moist, southern slopes. It is endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa.[2]

Protea aurea
P. aurea subsp. potbergensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species:
P. aurea
Binomial name
Protea aurea

The flowerheads are solitary and resemble a shuttlecock when open. Fruit is a densely hairy nut. Two subspecies are recognised: subsp. aurea and subsp. potbergensis with the later being rare and restricted to the Potberg.

References

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  1. ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Protea aurea". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T62818A185536627. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T62818A185536627.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. ^ "Protea aurea". Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agricultural Research Service, United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2015-08-11.
  • 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