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Houwhoek Spiderhead
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Houwhoek Spiderhead

Serruria flagellifolia

Serruria flagellifolia, the Houwhoek spiderhead, is 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 Kogelberg, Greenlandberg and Babilonstoringberge. The shrub grows up to 1.0 m tall and flowers from June 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 594459.