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Protea cynaroides (King sugarbush, King protea) Life
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> Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Protea
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The King protea, Protea cynaroides,
flowering in early autumn on Pilaarkop in the Riviersonderend Mountains,
Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The dwarf, Port Elizabeth, form of the King protea
(Protea cynaroides) flowering in early autumn in cultivation in
the Kirstenbosch Botanic Gardens, Cape Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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The King protea, Protea cynaroides,
flowering in winter on the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa.
[photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Protea cynaroides, Kogelberg Biosphere
Reserve, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A Green protea beetle (Trichostetha
fascicularis) feeding on a King protea (Protea cynaroides)
flowerhead in spring in the Kirstenbosch Botanic Garden on the Cape
Peninsula, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Beetle on Protea cynaroides. [photo
H.G.
Robertson, Iziko ©] |
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