Serruria acrocarpa, the common rootstock spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria. The plant is native to the Western Cape and occurs from the Cederberg to the Southern Cape. The shrub grows to 50 cm in length and flowers in spring. The plant sprouts again after it has burned. The plant grows on plains and lower slopes of fynbos vegetation.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Hawekwa Spiderhead being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Serruria dodii
- Serruria fucifolia
- Serruria pedunculata
- Serruria balanocephala
- Serruria gremialis
- Serruria decipiens
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Serruria
- Species
- Serruria acrocarpa
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