Serruria fucifolia

Serruria fucifolia
Conservation status
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Serruria
Species:	S. fucifolia
Binomial name
Serruria fucifolia Salisb. ex Knight

Serruria fucifolia, the northern spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Description[]

The shrub is erect and round and grows only 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall. It bears silver-pink flowers from July to October.^[2] Fires in the summer destroy the plant but the seeds survive. Two months after flowering, the fruit falls off and ants disperse the seeds. They store the seeds in their nests. The plant is bisexual. It is pollinated by insects.

In Afrikaaans, it is known as sandveldspinnekopbos.^[3]

Distribution and habitat[]

The plant occurs in the Sandveld to the , to the and Piketberg. It grows in sandstone and sandy soils at altitudes of 150–920 m (490–3,020 ft).^[2]

References[]

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