Protea repens
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture |
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Protea repens (Protea mellifera, Thunb.) A large bush, 6-8 ft. high: lvs. linear-oblanceolate: involucral bracts very viscid, those of the stipes silky pubescent, the others glabrous, dark red to whitish green with pinkish tips and margins but usually rosy pink: fls. whitish, exceeded by the involucre; ovary covered with long golden hairs. S. Afr. B.M. 346. R.H. 1903:308.—The oldest specific name for this plant is P. repens, Linn. Mant., not Thunb., but following Phillips & Stapf in Fl. Cap. 5 sect. 1:577, the name mellifera is maintained. They state that "The specific name repens is so inapplicable to this plant, while Thunberg's name is so suitable and has been in such general use that we have retained it." Var. rubra, Hort., is a form of P. mellifera which has been offered in the trade abroad. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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