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==Description== |
==Description== |
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In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to Dahlias, and is part of the legume family. |
In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to Dahlias, and is part of the legume family. |
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This multi-branching, re-sprouting, flowering shrub reaches about 1 metre in height. |
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The flowers ("nodding heads") appear from autumn until summer. The flower heads each comprise over 15 individual flowers and are orange-yellow in colour. |
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==Distribution== |
==Distribution== |
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Classed as as [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] on the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN global Red List]], this plant is found in mountain and lowland fynbos in the [[Western Cape]], [[South Africa]]. Here it is found from the [[Cape Peninsula]] in the west, as far east as Albertinia and Riversdale. <ref>www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lipariasplend.htm</ref> |
Classed as as [[Vulnerable species|Vulnerable]] on the [[IUCN Red List|IUCN global Red List]], this plant is found in mountain and lowland fynbos in the [[Western Cape]], [[South Africa]]. Here it is found from the [[Cape Peninsula]] in the west, as far east as Albertinia and Riversdale. <ref>www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lipariasplend.htm</ref> |
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It has two main subspecies, ''splendens'' around the Cape Peninsula, and subsp. ''comantha'' further east. |
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Liparia splendens (locally called Orange Nodding-Head or Mountain Dahlia) is a flowering fynbos shrub of the Fabaceae (legume) family, that occurs in the South-western Cape of South Africa.
Description
In spite of its common name, this plant is in fact unrelated to Dahlias, and is part of the legume family.
This multi-branching, re-sprouting, flowering shrub reaches about 1 metre in height. The flowers ("nodding heads") appear from autumn until summer. The flower heads each comprise over 15 individual flowers and are orange-yellow in colour.
Distribution
Classed as as Vulnerable on the IUCN global Red List, this plant is found in mountain and lowland fynbos in the Western Cape, South Africa. Here it is found from the Cape Peninsula in the west, as far east as Albertinia and Riversdale. [1]
It has two main subspecies, splendens around the Cape Peninsula, and subsp. comantha further east.
References
- ^ www.plantzafrica.com/plantklm/lipariasplend.htm
External links
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