Proteaceae
Limestone sugarbush
Protea obtusifolia
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
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Common names
By language (2)
- Afrikaans
- Bredasdorpsuikerbos, Suikerkansuikerbos
- English
- Limestone sugarbush, Bredasdorp protea
Synonyms
- Protea calocephala Meisn.
- Scolymocephalus calocephalus Kuntze
- Scolymocephalus obtusifolius Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Ragnhild&Neil Crawford from Sweden, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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- Narrow-leaf proteaProtea neriifoliaProteaceae
- Cluster-head sugarbushProtea welwitschiiProteaceae
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- Applegreen sugarbushProtea coronataProteaceae
- Laneleaf sugarbushProtea lanceolataProteaceae
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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). About our plant data.