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Silkypuffs
Diastella
Diastella is a genus containing seven species of flowering plants, commonly known as “silkypuffs”, in the protea family. The name comes from the Greek diastellein “to separate”, with reference to the free perianth lobes – the plants are distinguished from the closely related and similar leucospermums by the possession of four free perianth segments. The genus is endemic to the Cape Floristic Region of South Africa where it has a very limited range and is associated...
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Common Silkypuff
speciesDiastella divaricata
Kogelberg Silkypuffs
speciesDiastella thymelaeoides
Palmiet Silkypuff
speciesDiastella fraterna
Flats Silkypuff
speciesDiastella proteoides
Franschhoek Silkypuff
speciesDiastella buekii
Worcester Silkypuff
speciesDiastella parilis
Tulbagh Silkypuff
speciesDiastella myrtifolia
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 119200.