Leucospermum cuneiforme flowerhead

The open Leucospermum cuneiforme flowerhead has styles that curve in slightly, extending well above the mass of collapsed perianth segments that smeared the pollen from their tip insides onto the pollen presenters.

The pollen presenters are the knobbly tips of the styles that later serve as stigmas, after helping birds and insects to distribute the pollen to other florets of the species.

The oblong upper leaf parts bear reddish, cartilaginous teeth at their tips. Upper leaf-tips around the head are only slightly lower than the styles (Manning, 2007; Mustart, et al, 1997; Bond and Goldblatt, 1984; iNaturalist).