Kloof fountain-pincushion

Description

Leucospermum gueinzii is an evergreen, upright shrub of 2–3 m (6–9 ft) high from the family Proteaceae. It has pointy lance-shaped to elliptic, eventually hairless, mostly entire leaves and egg-shaped, later flatter flower heads of about 12 cm in diameter, containing initially deep orange, later crimson flowers. From the center of each flower emerges a long style with a thickened tip, giving the entire head the appearance of a pincushion. Its flowers can be found between August and December. It is called kloof fountain-pincushion or shorter kloof pincushion in English. This is an endemic species restricted to a very small area near the south coast of the Western Cape province in South Africa. The kloof pincushion is a stout upright evergreen shrub of 2–3 m (6–9 ft) high, with a single main stem and branches that curve upward or are upright from the base. The flowering stems are 6–9 mm (0.24–0.36 in) thick and covered with fine short cringy hairs and long erect hairs in between. The leaves hairless or seldomly initially with some powdery hairs, pointy lance-shaped to elliptic, bright green in colour, 7½–10 cm (3–4 in) long, with an entire margin ending in one bony reddish tip or seldomly with two to four reddish teeth near the tip, without a stalk, at an upward angle and overlapping