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Curly Spiderheads - Serrurias
Kleinmond Spiderhead - Serruria
adscendens
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Habit: A rounded shrub up to 1m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: July - October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened, a social species
Habitat: Sandstone soils, 0-950m
Distribution: Hottentots-Holland and Groenland Mountains to Klein River
Mountains |
Lost Spiderhead - Serruria collina
collina
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Habit: A sprawling shrub up to 0.1m tall
Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground bole
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Vulnerable as a result of alien acacias, known only from a
single population on the top of Karbonkelberg
Habitat: Sandstone soils, 500m
Distribution: Karbonkelberg on the Cape Peninsula
Note: This is a photograph taken from the Karbonkelberg population which
is more upright and less robust than the southern subspecies |
Lost Spiderhead - Serruria collina
flagellaris
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Habit: A robust sprawling shrub up to 0.1m
tall
Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground bole
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: July - October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Vulnerable as a result of alien acacias, known from 4
populations
Habitat: Sandstone soils, 150-500m
Distribution: Southern Cape Peninsula
Note: This is a photograph taken from the Rooikrans population which is
more sprawling and more robust than the northern subspecies |
Sandveld Spiderhead - Serruria
decipiens
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Habit: A rounded shrub up to 1m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: July - October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status:Not threatened, still common north of Cape Town in
dense colonies
Habitat: Sandstone and sandy soils, 0-250m
Distribution: Sandveld, Hopefield and Cape Flats, Piketberg and Olifants
River Mountains |
Cluster Spiderhead - Serruria glomerata
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Habit: Erect shrub up to 0.4m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: August - October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Locally common in dense isolated stands
Habitat: Sandy soils, 0-330m
Distribution: Cape Peninsula and Cape Flats |
Fluted Spiderhead - Serruria nervosa
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Habit: Low, erect shrub 0.3m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: July - November
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened, locally abundant as scattered plants
Habitat: Calcareous and acid sands, 20-100m
Distribution: Klein River Mountains to Elim Flats and seawards |
Piketberg Spiderhead - Serruria
"piketbergensis"
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Habit: A rounded shrub up to
0.3m tall
Fire survival: Resprouts after fire from an underground bole
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: September - October
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened
Habitat: Sandstone and sandy soils, 0-250m
Distribution: Piketberg and Olifants
River Mountains
Note: A possible new species but similar to Serruria decipiens |
Short-leaf Spiderhead - Serruria
roxburghii
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Habit: An erect shrub up to 1m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: September - November
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Endangered due to agriculture, 5 localities known
Habitat: Sandy patches, 120-160m
Distribution: Paarl Mountain, Paardenerg (Malmesbury) and Riebeek-Kasteel |
Red-stem Spiderhead - Serruria
rubricaulis
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Habit: Low, erect shrub 0.3m tall
Fire survival: Resprouts from an underground bole
Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower
Flowers: July - November
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Released 2 months after flowering
Seed dispersal: Ants
Seed storage: Underground in ants nests
Rarity status: Not threatened, locally abundant as scattered plants
Habitat: Calcareous and acid sands, 20-100m
Distribution: Klein River Mountains to Elim Flats and seawards |
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