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White Water Sugarbushes - Proteas

Common Shuttlecock Sugarbush - Protea aurea aurea

Habit: A large erect shrub to 5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: All year round, peaking January to June Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened, social in dense stands Habitat: Sandy soils, 150-800m Distribution: Riviersonderend, Langeberg & Outeniqua Mountains

Potberg Protea - Protea aurea potbergensis

Habit: A large, erect shrub to 5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: April to July, mainly May and June. Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Vulnerable, social in dense stands Habitat: Sandy soils, 200-360m Distribution: Confined to the Potberg Mountains near Cape Infanta

Hottentot Sugarbush - Protea lacticolor

Habit: An erect shrub up to 6m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: February - June, mainly March - April Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Streambanks or moist Cederberg shale, 600-1500m Distribution: Slanghoek to Hottentots-Holland Mountains and Groenland Mountains

Forest Sugarbush - Protea mundii

Habit: An erect shrub up to 8m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: January - September, mainly February - April Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Moist slopes and forest margins, 200-1300m Distribution: Kogelberg to Klein River Mountains, Outeniqua and Kouga Mountains to Tsitsikamma and Winterhoek Mountains

Water Sugarbush - Protea punctata

Habit: An erect shrub up to 4m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: December - June, mainly March and April Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Seeps in sandstone or shale slopes, 1200-2000m Distribution: Cederberg to Riviersonderend Mountains and to Swartberg, Kammanasie and Kouga Mountains

Waterlily Sugarbush - Protea subvestita

Habit: An erect shrub up to 5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: December - June, mainly January - March Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Montane, highland sourveld and fynbos, 1200-2300m Distribution: Mpumalanga, Free State, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Eastern Cape, escarpment from Wakkerstroom to Somerset East and Klein Swartberg

Creeping Beauty - Protea venusta

Habit: An prostrate shrub up to 3m across and 0.7m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: January - March, mainly January - February Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Cool, rocky, southern slopes and summits, 1700-2000m Distribution: Swartberg and Kammanasie Mountains

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