''Serruria altiscapa'', the stately 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 and occurs at Blokkop in Villiersdorp as far as the Hottentots-Holland Mountains. The plant grows at altitudes of . It occurs with ''

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- ...

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q18083848 altiscapa