Proteaceae
Cluster-head sugarbush
Protea welwitschii
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
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Common names
By language (6)
- Afrikaans
- Troshofiesuikerbos, Kersfeessuikerbos
- Arabic
- بروطيا فلفيتشية
- arz
- بروطيا فلفيتشيه
- English
- Cluster-head sugarbush, Dwarf savanna sugarbush
- Persian
- شکربوته خوشهبهسر
- Zulu
- Isiqalaba senkangala
Synonyms
- Leucadendron welwitschii Hiern
- Protea congensis Engl.
- Protea eickii Engl.
- Protea goetzeana Engl.
- Protea hirta Klotzsch ex Krauss
- Protea hirta subsp. glabrescens Beard
- Protea kirkii C.H.Wright
- Protea melliodora Engl. & Gilg
- Protea myrsinifolia Engl. & Gilg
- Protea swynnertonii S.Moore
- Protea uhehensis Engl.
- Protea welwitschii subsp. glabrescens (Beard) Beard
- Protea welwitschii subsp. hirta Beard
- Scolymocephalus hirtus (L.) Kuntze
Photos
Photo: Ton Rulkens from Mozambique, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
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Photo: Tony Rebelo, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
More in Protea
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- Bot River proteaProtea compactaProteaceae
- Broad-leaf sugarbushProtea eximiaProteaceae
- Narrow-leaf proteaProtea neriifoliaProteaceae
- Angolan proteaProtea angolensisProteaceae
- Shuttlecock sugarbushProtea aureaProteaceae
- Applegreen sugarbushProtea coronataProteaceae
- Laneleaf sugarbushProtea lanceolataProteaceae
- Protea laurifoliaProteaceae
- Long-leaf proteaProtea longifoliaProteaceae
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.