Leucospermum Cordifolium - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Dandelion Small branchlets emerge from these

Small branchlets emerge from these knobs on which the tiny cylindrical cladodes or leaf-like stems grow

A highly attractive species

the tree was thought to have been extinct for perhaps a million years

a sword) is a genus of perennial bulbous flowering plants in the iris family

Very young growth is also velvety to the touch and bronze-gold in colour

Leucospermum Cordifolium - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Dandelion Small branchlets emerge from theseLeucospermum (Pincushion, Pincushion Protea or Leucospermum) is a genus of about 50 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, native to Zimbabwe and South Africa, where they occupy a variety of habitats, including scrub, forest, and mountain slopes. They are evergreen shrubs (rarely small trees) growing to 0. 5 5 m tall. The leaves are spirally arranged, tough and leathery, simple, linear to lanceolate, 2 12 cm long and 0. 5 3 cm broad,