About Serruria aemula Knight
Serruria aemula is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the Proteaceae family, and it is endemic to South Africa. Its common name is strawberry spiderhead. This species once grew in large populations on the Cape Flats of Cape Town. Today, its original natural habitat has been covered by urban development, so only a small number of individual plants survive in isolated patches along roadsides. Multiple subspecies of Serruria aemula are now extinct in the wild, and only persist in cultivation in botanical gardens. Most mature plants of this species reach a maximum height of 0.5 meters.
