| Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron | |
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| Grey snakestem pincushion in the Koeberg Nature Reserve | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Leucospermum |
| Species: | L. hypophyllocarpodendron
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron | |
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Green snakestem pincushion (L. hypophyllocarpodendron subsp. hypophyllocarpodendron)
Grey snakestem pincushion (L. hypophyllocarpodendron subsp. canaliculatum)
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| Distribution of subsp. hypophyllocarpodendron in black and canaliculatum in blue. | |
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Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron is a creeping, mat-forming shrub with heads of yellow flowers and leathery, upright narrow leaves with some red-tipped teeth at their tips, from the family Proteaceae. It has long thin branches that originate from an underground rootstock and grows on poor, sandy soils in southwestern South Africa. The rose-scented flower heads can be found for August to January and are visited by different monkey beetles, bees and flies. It has two subspecies, one with greyish leaves U-shaped in cross section called grey snakestem pincushion in English and gruisslangbossie in Afrikaans, the other with green leaves that are flat in cross-section called green snakestem pincushion and groenslangbossie.[3][4][5]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Raimondo, D.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum hypophyllocarpodendron". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113171764A185575949. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113171764A185575949.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Rourke, John Patrick (1970). Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br. (PDF). pp. 152–158.
- ^ "Grey Snakestem Pincushion". Protea Atlas Project.
- ^ John Manning (2010). Field guide to wild flowers of South Africa, Lesotho and Swaziland. Struik. p. 184. ISBN 9781770077584.
- ^ "Leucospermum R.Br." (PDF). Protea Atlas Project.