| Oldenburgia grandis | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| (unranked): | Angiosperms |
| (unranked): | Eudicots |
| (unranked): | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Oldenburgia |
| Species: | O. grandis |
| Binomial name | |
| Oldenburgia grandis (Thunb.) Baill. |
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Oldenburgia grandis DC. is a small gnarled tree in the Asteraceae family found in the mountains around Grahamstown in South Africa. It grows to a height of about 5m on sandstone outcrops. It has thick corky bark and large leaves clustered at the ends of branches. The leaves are dark green and leathery, similar to those of a loquat with a dense covering of woolly hair which is lost with ageing but persists on under-surfaces. Flowers are purple and in large heads about 12 cm in diameter. The flowerheads are solitary and terminal. It is threatened by habitat loss.