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Peninsula Spiderhead
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Peninsula Spiderhead

Serruria decumbens

Serruria decumbensis, the peninsula spiderhead, a flowering shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape and occurs in the Cape Peninsula from Kommetjie to Gifkommetjie. The shrub is flat but grows 1.0 m high and flowers from July to October

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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 563590.