Serruria Furcellata

	Serruria Furcellata ''Serruria furcellata'', the Kraaifontein spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus ''Serruria'' and forms part of the fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim .... The plant is native to the Western Cape, it has always been found at Brackenfell, Kraaifontein and Kuils River. Description The shrub is erect and grows only 50 cm tall and bears flowers from August to October. After a fire, the plant's roots can sprout again. 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 90 - 390 m. Conservation This plant has previously been considered extinct. In 1985 it occ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
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	Serruria ''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]
picture info	Fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean climate and rainy winters. The fynbos ecoregion is within the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub biome. In fields related to biogeography, fynbos is known for its exceptional degree of biodiversity and endemism, consisting of about 80% (8,500 fynbos) species of the Cape floral kingdom, where nearly 6,000 of them are endemic. This land continues to face severe human-caused threats, but due to the many economic uses of the fynbos, conservation efforts are being made to help restore it. Overview and history The word fynbos is often confusingly said to mean "fine bush" in Afrikaans, as "bos" means "bush". Typical fynbos foliage is ericoid rather than fine. The term, in its pre-Afrikaans, Dutch form, ''fynbosch'', was recorded by Nob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Bracken Nature Reserve Bracken Nature Reserve is a piece of protected land in Brackenfell in the Western Cape, South Africa. This park preserves badly threatened Cape Flats Sand Fynbos and Swartland Granite Renosterveld vegetation. A diverse array of orchids, succulents and flowering bulbs are among the over 160 plant species that occur here. Of these, ten occur only within the City of Cape Town and are in serious danger of extinction, including ''Antimima aristulata'', cowslip (''Lachenalia aloides''), canary yellow vygie (''Lampranthus glaucus'') and carrion flower (''Orbea variegate''). The park is also home to a variety of small mammals, reptiles and amphibians, as well as range of bird species. There is an indigenous garden at the entrance, and footpaths that take visitors past birdlife and views of the surrounding countryside. The reserve is situated on top of an old quarry and landfill site so gas extraction pipes have had to be installed, to let the excess gases from the decomposing waste es ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]