Protea cryophila, the snowball sugarbush, snow protea, or snowball protea, is a flowering shrub of the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to the Cederberg.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Snowball Sugarbush 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
- Species
- Protea cryophila
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