Yellow-trailing Pincushion

Leucospermum prostratum is a trailing shrub of up to 4 m (13 ft) in diameter that has been assigned to the Proteaceae. It has alternately set, about 3 cm (1.2 in) long, lance-shaped, olive-colored, upright leaves, and produces sweetly scented, compact, hemispherical flower heads, with long styles sticking out far from the perianth tube, which jointly give the flower head the appearance of a pincushion. The fragrant flowers that can be found between July and December are initially yellow but...