Leucospermum Calligerum
''Leucospermum calligerum'' is a softly hairy shrub, with wand-like branches, entire ovate leaves that have a bony tip of about 25 × 6 mm (1 × ¼ in), and globular heads of 2–3½ cm (0.8–1.4 in) in diameter, with two to six together near the tip of the branches and flowering in turn, that consist of Merosity, 4-merous flowers, initially cream-colored, later pink, with the petals curled and the styles 2–2½ cm (0.8–1.0 in) long, sticking out like pins from a cushion. It is called arid pincushion or common louse pincushion in English and rooiluisie in Afrikaans. Well-scented flowers can be found from July to January. It naturally occurs in fynbos in the Northern Cape and Western Cape provinces of South Africa. Description ''Leucospermum calligerum'' is a shrub of ½–2 m (1½–6 ft) high and up to in circumference, with a single main stem at its foot, Virgate (botany), wand-shaped stems, Divaricate, branching at wide angles, initially horizontal o ...
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