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Protea inopina, the large-nut sugarbush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the well-known Protea genus. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape, rare, extremely isolated and occurs only in the Olifants River mountains near Palace Hill.[2]

Protea inopina
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Protea
Species:	P. inopina
Binomial name
Protea inopina Rourke

Description

The plant grows 1 m tall and has many stems. It blooms from September to December. The plant sprouts again after it has burned. The seeds are stored in a shell and spread by the wind. The plant is unisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of birds.[3] The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of 600 - 650 m.[4]

See also

• List of Protea species

References

Media related to Protea inopina at Wikimedia Commons

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Protea inopina (лат.) — редкий кустарник, вид рода Протея (Protea) семейства Протейные (Proteaceae)[2][3], эндемик Западно-Капской провинции Южной Африки, где встречается в долине реки Улифантс[4]. Куст с сине-зелёными листьями, которые в молодости имеют ярко-малиновымй цвет, и белоснежной цветочной головкой, напоминающей мороженое в конической вазочке.

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