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Mimetes capitulatus (Mimetes capitulatus)

Description

Mimetes capitulatus Rounded single-stemmed shrub, up to 2 metres. Leaves ovate to lanceolate, covered with dense flat-lying silky hairs, clasping the stem. Prominent bright-red to orange flowerheads in terminal spikes; style red with a yellow tip. One of only 2 Mimetes species with small egg-shaped pollen presenters, others are mostly needle-like.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Mimetes