Serruria Flagellaris
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serrur ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Florida
''Serruria florida'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. It is known by the common names of blushing bride or pride of Franschhoek. This species grows to between 0.8 and 1.5 metres in height and 0.5 metres in width. The leaves are fine and dissected and the flowers are white to pink and appear from July to October in its native range. It occurs in the Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve in the Cape Province A well-drained position in full sun is preferred by this species, which tolerates dryness. Propagation is from cuttings or seed, although the latter can prove difficult. The species is cultivated for the cut flower trade and it is also grown as an ornamental plant. References florida Florida is a state located in the Southeastern region of the United States. Florida is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the northwest by Alabama, to the north by Georgia, to the east by the Bahamas and Atlantic Ocean, and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carl Meissner
Carl Daniel Friedrich Meissner (1 November 1800 – 2 May 1874) was a Swiss botanist. Biography Born in Bern, Switzerland on 1 November 1800, he was christened Meisner but later changed the spelling of his name to Meissner. For most of his 40-year career he was Professor of Botany at University of Basel. He made important contributions to the botanical literature, including the publication of the comprehensive work ''Plantarum Vascularum Genera'', and publications of monographs on the families Polygonaceae (especially the genus ''Polygonum''), Lauraceae, Proteaceae, Thymelaeaceae and Hernandiaceae. His contributions to the description of the Australian flora were prolific; he described hundreds of species of Australian Proteaceae, and many Australian species from other families, especially Fabaceae, Mimosaceae and Myrtaceae. His health deteriorated after 1866, and he was less active. He died in Basel on 2 May 1874. See also * Meissner's taxonomic arrangement of Banksia Carl ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Flagellifolia
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Fasciflora
''Serruria fasciflora'' or common pin spiderhead is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae. It is a sprawling to upright shrublet of 40 cm to 1 m (1–3 ft) high and about m (1 ft) wide. It has finely divided, upward curving leaves with thread-thin segments and clusters of sweetly scented heads, each consisting of five to seven silvery pink flowers, that may be found year-round, but mostly from May to December. It is a rather widespread and common species, that is restricted to the south of the Western Cape province of South Africa. Description ''Serruria fasciflora'' is a much branched, sprawling to upright perennial shrublet of 40 cm to 1 m (1–3 ft) high and about m (1 ft) wide, with purplish, initially felty or powdery hairs that are lost later on. It has sparsely hairy, twice finely divided in the upper half to two thirds, green leaves of 3–7 cm (1.2–2.8 in) long and 2–3 cm (1.0–1.4 in) wide. The furthest segments up to abo ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Elongata
''Serruria elongata'' or long-stalk spiderhead is a plant belonging to the protea family. It is an erect, hairless shrublet of 1–1½ m (3½–5 ft) high with densely set, alternate, finely divided leaves lower down the plant, with needle-like segments. On top of an up to long inflorescence stalk are several, loosely arranged heads of pin-like, densely silvery-haired flower buds, each of which opens with four curled, magenta pink corolla lobes. The species is endemic to the southern Western Cape province of South Africa. It flowers during the southern hemisphere winter and early spring, between June and September. Description ''Serruria elongata'' is a small, hairless shrub of 1–1½ m (3½–5 ft) high with upright or rising stems. Its leaves are arranged in what appears to be a whorl at the base of the inflorescence stalk, are 5–12½ cm (2–5 in) long twice or more feather-shaped divided in the upper half to third, with about sixty segments, hairless or ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Effusa
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Dodii
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Deluvialis
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Decumbens
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Decipiens
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *'' Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *'' Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *'' Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *'' Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *'' Serruria cygnea'' *'' Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *'' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Cygnea
''Serruria'', or spiderhead is a genus of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. Names ''Serruria'' was named in honor of Joseph Serrurier, a professor of botany at the Utrecht University early in the eighteenth century. It is called spiderhead in English and spinnekopbos in Afrikaans, because of the silky, finely divided leaves looking like they are covered in spiders webs. Selected species Species include: *''Serruria acrocarpa'' *'' Serruria adscendens'' *'' Serruria aemula'' *''Serruria aitonii'' *'' Serruria altiscapa'' *'' Serruria balanocephala'' *''Serruria bolusii'' *''Serruria brownii'' *''Serruria candicans'' *'' Serruria collina'' *''Serruria confragosa'' *''Serruria cyanoides'' *''Serruria cygnea'' *''Serruria decipiens'' *''Serruria decumbens'' *''Serruria deluvialis'' *''Serruria dodii'' *''Serruria effusa'' *''Serruria elongata'' *''Serruria fasciflora'' *''Serruria flagellifolia'' *''Serruria flava'' *''Serruri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Serruria Cyanoides
''Serruria cyanoides'', the Wynberg spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus ''Serruria'' and forms part of the fynbos. Background The plant is native to the Western Cape, it has always been found on the Cape Flats and Cape Peninsula but currently there are only two populations at Fish Hoek and the Karbonkelberg at Hout Bay Hout Bay ( af, Houtbaai, meaning "Wood Bay") is a harbour town in the Western Cape province of South Africa. It is situated in a valley on the Atlantic seaboard of the Cape Peninsula, twenty kilometres south of Cape Town. The name "Hout Bay" can .... The shrub is erect and grows only 50 cm tall and bears flowers from July to October. Fire destroys 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 unisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of insects. The plant grows in sandy soil at altitudes of 0-150 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |