Protea Eximia - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Pepper Cress silhouetted by the setting sun

silhouetted by the setting sun

releasing a characteristic nutty flavour

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The fruits are egg shaped and about 4-10 centimetres long

Protea Eximia - Indigenous South African Protea - 5 Seeds Pepper Cress silhouetted by the setting sunProtea eximia, also known as the broad leaved sugar bush is a shrub that may become a small tree, which occurs in mountain fynbos on mainly acidic sandy soils; the species was very well known under its old name of Protea latifolia. The flowers have awns that are covered in purple black velvety hairs, and are contained within a series of rings of involucral bracts that have the appearance of petals. The fruit is a densely hairy nut, many of which are