Protea heckmanniana Engl.
var. heckmanniana
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Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
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Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Southern Loop, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
Photo: Bart Wursten
Along main road between Lake Kaulime turn-off and Kaperepeze road, Nyika National Park
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Synonyms:
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Protea salicifolia Mildbr. Protea stolzii Mildbr. ex Peter
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Frequency:
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Status:
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Native |
Description:
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Suffrutex with several unbranched, more or less densely hairy stems less than 50 cm high. Leaves narrowly oblong-elliptic, mostly 4-7 cm long, 3-6 times as long as wide, more or less densely hairy. Flowerheads 3-4.5 cm in diameter. Bracts up to 2.5 cm long, about equalling the flowers, brown, appressed hairy in patches but becoming more and more hairless. Flowers 1.5-2 cm long, pink or sometimes white, hairy outside. |
Notes:
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Subsp. angustifolia (Hauman) Chisumpa & Brummitt is confined to Southern Tanzania. |
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Habitat:
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Montane grassland. |
Altitude range: |
1830 - 2400 m |
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Worldwide distribution:
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Only known from southern Tanzania and the Nyika plateau in Malawi and Zambia. |
Malawi distribution:
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Endemic status:
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Near Endemic |
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Spot characters:
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Display spot characters for this species |
Content last updated: |
Friday 3 May 2019 |
Literature:
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Baumann, G. (2005). Photographic Guide to Wildflowers of Malawi Wildlife and Environmental Society of Malawi Pages 76 - 77. (Includes a picture).
Beard, J.S. (1963). The genus Protea in Tropical Africa Kirkia 3 Pages 169 - 170. (Includes a picture).
Burrows, J.E. & Willis, C.K. (eds) (2005). Plants of the Nyika Plateau Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 31 SABONET, Pretoria Page 230. as Protea heckmanniana heckmanniana (Includes a picture).
Chisumpa, S.M., Brummitt, R.K. & Marner, S. (2006). Proteaceae Flora Zambesiaca 9(3) Pages 81 - 82.
Phiri, P.S.M. (2005). A Checklist of Zambian Vascular Plants Southern African Botanical Diversity Network Report No. 32 Page 85.
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Copyright: Mark Hyde, Bart Wursten, Petra Ballings and Meg Coates Palgrave, 2014-24
Hyde, M.A., Wursten, B.T., Ballings, P. & Coates Palgrave, M.
(2024).
Flora of Malawi: Species information: Protea heckmanniana var. heckmanniana. https://www.malawiflora.com/speciesdata/species.php?species_id=190450, retrieved 29 March 2024
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