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Leucospermum Cordifolium

Common names: Pin Cushion
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Proteaceae
Shrub
Up to 1.5 m
Evergreen
Indigenous


Full Sun
Average water
Brack / Saline
Wind Resistant
Frost Resistant


Leucospermum cordifolium belongs in the protea family and is indigenous to South Africa. Other genera of the protea family, which produce striking and ornamental flowers, are Leucadendron and Protea.


It grows in acid, nutrient-poor soils in a fairly small area in the Western Cape, from the Kogelberg to the Soetanysberg near Bredasdorp. It is part of the Cape Floral Kingdom and occurs only in the winter rainfall area with its wet winters from May to September and hot, dry summers from December to the end of February.


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Simple
Grey , Cream , Cream Green , Light Green , Green
For Vase
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    It has horizontally spreading stems, with hard green leaves.


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    Winter - Summer
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  • - Flower morphology


    It has 1 to 3 large inflorescences borne at the end on the stem. The inflorescences consist of a large number of small flowers. It is the stiff protruding styles of the flowers which are the source of the common name "pincushion" for this genus.

    The flowers are not self-pollinating and depend on the Protea Scarab Beetles and the birds for pollination.


    NOTES

    Leucospermum cordifolium is an excellent garden plant, as a focal point or planted in groups, and provides good, long-stemmed cut flowers.


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