Proteaceae
Red pincushion-protea
Leucospermum cordifolium
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Leucospermum
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Common names
By language (4)
- Afrikaans
- Bobbejaanklouspeldekussing, Bobbejaanklou
- Chinese
- 烟花菊, 新叶木百合, 针垫花, 银宝树
- English
- Red pincushion-protea, Red pincushion protea
- Japanese
- レウコスペルマム
Synonyms
- Leucadendron cordifolium Knight
- Leucadendron nutans Kuntze
- Leucospermum bolusii E.Phillips
- Leucospermum bolusii Phillips
- Leucospermum integrifolium Gand. & Schinz
- Leucospermum meisneri Gand.
- Leucospermum mixtum E.Phillips
- Leucospermum nutans R.Br.
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Morten Ross, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Cs california, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Dave Richardson, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sb616, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Klaus Wehrlin, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sb616, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sharndreheuvel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Scott Zona from USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Abu Shawka, CC0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: linkie, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.