| Leucospermum mundii | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Leucospermum |
| Species: | L. mundii
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| Binomial name | |
| Leucospermum mundii | |
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Leucospermum mundii is an evergreen, upright, rounded and richly branching shrub of 1⁄2–1 m (1+1⁄2–3 ft) high that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has greyish, felty hairy, or hairless leaves that are broadly wedge-shaped to very broadly inverted egg-shaped, 5–8+1⁄2 cm (2–3+1⁄2 in) long and 2–6+1⁄2 cm (3⁄4–2+1⁄2 in) wide and whorl-shaped flower heads that have shades of pale yellow to crimson, of 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long and 1–2 cm (0.4–0.8 in) wide that grow in clusters of three to ten. Their long styles that emerge from the head jointly give the impression of a pincushion, with the pins upright. It is called Langeberg pincushion in English. Flowering heads can be found between July and November. It naturally occurs in fynbos in the Western Cape province of South Africa.[2]
- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucospermum mundii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113173218A157955179. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113173218A157955179.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- ^ a b Rourke, John Patrick (1970). Taxonomic Studies on Leucospermum R.Br (PDF). pp. 242–245.