Cascade Sugarbush (Protea venusta)

Cascade Sugarbush, a reference photo — Photo: Derek Keats from Johannesburg, South Africa · CC BY 2.0 (licence)

Protea venusta, the cascade sugarbush or creeping beauty, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Protea. It is endemic to South Africa.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Cascade 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

Protea effusa
Protea rupicola
Leucadendron arcuatum
Protea sulphurea

Classification

Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Tracheophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Protea
Species: Protea venusta

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