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Albertinia Pincushion
Plate 1 of 9. (c) Felix Riegel, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Felix Riegel · via iNaturalist
IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Albertinia Pincushion

Leucospermum muirii

Leucospermum muirii is a rounded, upright, evergreen shrub of about 1½ m (5 ft) high, with a single trunk at its base, that is assigned to the Proteaceae. The flowering branches are 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in) thick and are initially grey due to a covering of fine crinkly hairs, which are soon lost. The very narrow spade-shaped leaves of about 5 cm (2 in) long and ¾ cm (0.3 in) wide carry three to seven teeth, and also quickly lose...

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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 589125.