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Swartkops Spiderhead
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IUCN VU · Vulnerable

Swartkops Spiderhead

Serruria hirsuta

Serruria hirsuta, the Swartkops 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 Cape Peninsula at the Swartkop above Simon's Town. The shrub grows up to 50 cm tall and flowers from June 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 594464.