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Leucospermum oleifolium

Family Leucospermum

Leucospermum oleifolium
• Classification
• Images

• Leucospermum
• Proteaceae
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Leucospermum oleifolium • Family Leucospermum
Leucospermum oleifolium

Leucospermum, also commonly called Pincushion or Pincushion Protea is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae.

The flowers are usually produced in dense inflorescences, which have large numbers of prominent styles, hence the reference to ‘pincushion’.

Following images from Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, New South Wales.

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Leucospermum
Species: Leucospermum oleifolium
Leucospermum oleifolium • Images
Leucospermum oleifolium, Mount Tomah Botanic Garden, New South Wales.
Leucospermum oleifolium
Leucospermum oleifolium
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