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Cushionbushes
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Cushionbushes

Oldenburgia

Oldenburgia is a genus of flowering plant in the Asteraceae family. It contains four accepted species, including the commonly cultivated species near- endangered Oldenburgia grandis (Thunb.) Baill. (=Oldenburgia arbuscula DC.), the petricolous Oldenburgia paradoxa Less. (type-species), Oldenburgia intermedia Bond (small distribution around Cape Town) and Oldenburgia papionum DC. Oldenburgia herbacea (L.) Roxb. is an unresolved name.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Rock Cushionbush

speciesOldenburgia paradoxa

Grand Cushionbush

speciesOldenburgia grandis

Stalked Cushionbush

speciesOldenburgia intermedia

Butterfly Cushionbush

speciesOldenburgia papionum

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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 185357.