Protea lepidocarpodendron (Black Bearded Sugarbush)

Protea lepidocarpodendron, the Black Bearded Sugarbush, Black Mink or Black Protea, is a bearded Protea that is placed in the section Speciosae. It has narrowly oblong leaves and oblong flowerheads with a purple-black beard and black hairs below the beard. It typically grows in sandstone, fericrete and granite soils in the Western Cape from Cape Town to Kleinmond. H 1-2.5m x W 1-2.5m.