Stock Photo: Rocket Pincushion (Leucospermum Reflexum) Flower With Leaves : (Pix Sanjiv Shukla)
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Rocket pincushion (Leucospermum reflexum) is a large rounded shrub that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. Flowers are mostly dark orange (rarely pale yellow) from which long, identically colored styles emerge, which are directed straight down during flowering. It is also called skyrocket leucospermum in English and perdekop (horse head) in Afrikaans. It flowers from the end of August to December. It is an endemic species that can only be found in the southwest of South Africa.
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