Protea asymmetrica

Protea asymmetrica, also known as the Inyanga sugarbush, is a flowering plant, named for its asymmetric flowerheads, of the family Proteaceae and endemic to Zimbabwe and the Nyanga region, where it grows in grasslands, as well as Mount Nyangani.

Protea asymmetrica
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Protea
Species:	P. asymmetrica
Binomial name
Protea asymmetrica Beard

It reaches a height of up to 1.6m, and mainly flowers from June to August.^[2][3] The plant sprouts after a fire, and grows on grassland at a height of around 2000m.

See also

• List of Protea species