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From the family Proteaceae, genus Leucospermum, the Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme) is also commonly known as the Wart-stemmed Pincushion.

Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW

It is a dense, bushy, evergreen shrub, with a profusion of flowers that are initially yellow and then turn orange. The flowering protea belongs to a group commonly know as Pincushions.

Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Tracheophytes
  • Subphylum: Angiospermae
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • Order: Proteales
  • Family: Proteaceae
  • Subfamily: Proteoideae
  • Tribe: Leucadfendreae
  • Subtribe: Leucadendrinae
  • Genus: Leucospermum
  • Section: Crassicaudex
  • Species: Leucospermum cuneiforme
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW
Carnival Orange (Leucospermum cuneiforme), Blue Mountains Botanic Garden NSW

Footnote & References

  1. Leucospermum cuneiforme ‘Carnival Orange’, The Blue Mountains Botanic Garden Mount Tomah, https://bluemountainsbg.gardenexplorer.org/taxon-61842.aspx

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