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Bearded Sugarbushes - Proteas

Green Sugarbush - Protea coronata

Habit: Erect shrub 2 to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: April - September, peaking May and June Pollinator: Birds Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened, locally common Habitat: Heavy clay soils with high rainfall, 200-750m Distribution: Cape Peninsula, Du Toits Kloof to Koegelberg, Riviersonderend, Bredasdorp Mountains, Potberg, Langeberg and Outeniqua Mountains

Red Sugarbush - Protea grandiceps

Habit: Rounded shrub up to 2m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: September - January Pollinator: Bird Fruit: In seedheads on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Known from a dozen isolated sites Habitat: Dry uppermost slopes, 1200-1700m Distribution: Cape Penisula, Hottentots-Holland - Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg, Outeniqua, Winterhoek and Kammanasie Mountains

Sawedge Sugarbush - Protea holosericea
	Habit: An almost erect shrub up to 1.2m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: September - October Pollinator: Birds Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Rare, almost picked to extinction in 1970s Habitat: Arid rocky slopes, 1200-1300m Distribution: Keeromsberg at Sawedge Peak

Grey-leaf Sugarbush - Protea laurifolia
	Habit: Tall erect shrub to 8m tall Fire survival: Usually killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: April - November Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Sandy or granite soils, 400-1200m Distribution: Nieuwoudtville to Franschhoek and Anysberg

Black-beard Sugarbush - Protea lepicarpodendron

Habit: Erect shrub to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: April - August Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Sandy soils, ferricrete and granite, 0-600m Distribution: Peninsula to Bredasdorp Note: Easily confused with Narrowleaf Sugarbush, but has two-toned bracts and black hairs below beard

Strap-leaf Sugarbush - Protea lorifolia

Habit: Compact rounded shrub up to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: April - October Pollinator: Bird Fruit: In seedheads on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Dry slopes, sandstone soils, 450-1400m Distribution: Koue Bokkeveld to Swartberg, Riviersonderend Mountains, Langeberg to Kouga, Baviaanskloof Mountains, Grahamstown, Riebeek East and Bosberg at Somerset East

Queen Sugarbush - Protea magnifica

Habit: An erect to sprawling shrub up to 2.5m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: June - January Pollinator: Bird Fruit: In seedheads on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened, locally common in isolated stands Habitat: Montane, hot dry slopes near the snow line, 1200-2700m Distribution: Koue Bokkeveld to Hottentots-Holland Mountains, Klein Swartberg, Riversonderend Mountains and central Langeberg Notes: Heavily picked - the prize cut flower in the trade. The best flowerheads still come from the wild

Narrow-leaf Sugarbush - Protea neriifolia

Habit: An erect shrub up to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: February - November Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Sandstone, occasionally granite soils, 0-1300m Distribution: Hottentots-Holland Mountains to Riviersonderend Mountains and Langeberg to Winterhoek Mountains and Elandsberg, Rooiberg, Kammanasie Mountains, Potberg, Tulbagh and Ceres

Brown-beard Sugarbush - Protea speciosa

Habit: A low shrub 0.5 to 1.2m tall with rootstock Fire survival: Resprouts from underground bole Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: June - January, peaking September - October Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened Habitat: Montane, cool, southern slopes, 0-1300m Distribution: Cape Peninsula to Bredasdorp Mountain

Pink Sugarbush - Protea stokoei
	Habit: Tall shrub to 3m tall Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive Sexual system: Both sexes in each flower Flowers: May - October Pollinator: Bird Fruit: Stored on plant Seed dispersal: Wind Seed storage: In seedheads on plant Rarity status: Not threatened, rare Habitat: Moist peaty soils, 900-1200m Distribution: Kogelberg to Groenland mountains around Elgin

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