Protea scorzonerifolia, the channel-leaf sugarbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea. The plant is endemic to South Africa and occurs in the Du Toit's Kloof, Franschhoek and Groot-Winterhoek mountains. The plant became extinct on the Cape Peninsula.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Channelleaf 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.
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Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Protea
- Species
- Protea scorzonerifolia
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