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Kogelberg Silkypuffs
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Kogelberg Silkypuffs

Diastella thymelaeoides

Diastella thymelaeoides is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Diastella and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs in the Hottentots Holland Mountains and northern Kogelberg around the Steenbras Dam. The shrub grows upright and grows only 1.5 m tall and flowers throughout the year with a peak from August to November.

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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 583692.