Flora Detail

Common Name Hangklip Silkypuff
Family Proteaceae (Protea Family)
Date Observed 18-08-2021
Category Bushes
Catalogue No. 4420RG
Flowering Time Spring
Colour White to Grey
Locations Observed
Estuary Few
Koppie Few
Nature Reserve Few
Small Holding Few
Village
Greater Rooiels Few

Diastella thymelaeoides ssp. meridiana 

Information

Hangklip Silkypuff

Diastella thymelaeoides subsp. meridiana, known as the Hangklip silkypuff, is a rare, upright, 1m tall fynbos shrub endemic to the Kogelberg and Hangklip area of South Africa. It features olive-green, hairy leaves and 20mm wide white-to-pink flower heads with a yellow center, peaking from August to November. It is fire-adapted and ant-dispersed.
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