Pincushion Protea, Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, Cape Town, South Africa Royalty-Free Stock Photo

Pincushion Protea, L. erubescens at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden in Cape Town, South Africa. Leucospermum is a genus of evergreen upright, sometimes creeping shrubs that is assigned to the Proteaceae, with currently forty-eight known species. Almost all species are easily recognised as Leucospermum because of the long protruding styles with a thickened pollen-presenter, which jointly give the flower head the appearance of a pincushion, its common name. Pincushions can be found in South Africa, Swaziland, Zimbabwe and Mozambique.