Protea dracomontana white flowerhead

Protea dracomontana, from its common name, the protea of the Drakensberg, is a small shrub that grows in the high altitude summer rainfall grassland of these mountains. 

This is but one of several Protea species that have both pink and (creamy) white flowering forms. The flowerhead reaches 6 cm in diameter, usually growing solitary at stem-tips, but axillary flowerheads are sometimes seen. The involucral bracts occur in five or six rows, ovate in the lower rows, oblong higher up with rounded to pointed tips. The perianths are about 4 cm in length, the styles up to 6 cm long. The pollen presenter is thread-like with an acute tip. The ovary is about 3 mm long, covered in tawny glandular hairs.

The flowering season varies with elevation and the recent fire history of the terrain, but usually occurs from midsummer to early autumn (Rebelo, 1995; Rourke, 1980; iNaturalist).