Protea enervis Wild

enervis: without nerves, perhaps referring to the inconspicuous veins on the leaves

Suffrutex with simple prostrate stems radiating from a woody rootstock; leaves and heads pointing upwards. Leaves up to 5 mm wide, linear to linear-lanceolate, falcate, acute, glabrous. Heads 4.5-8 cm in diameter; inner bracts shorter to about equalling the flowers. Flowers pink.

Confined to the Chimanimani mountains of Zimbabwe and Mozambique