Protea tenax

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}

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|image = Protea tenax mr fab iNat10961290a.jpg

| status = LC

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rebelo, A.G. |author2=Mtshali, H. |author3=von Staden, L. |date=2020 |title=Protea tenax |volume=2020 |page=e.T113221498A185553561 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113221498A185553561.en |access-date=18 November 2021}}

|genus = Protea

|species = tenax

|authority = (Salisb.) R.Br.

}}

Protea tenax also known as the tenacious sugarbush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae endemic to the Cape Provinces of South Africa and distributed in the Outeniqua, Tsitsikamma, Kouga and Winterhoek mountains as well as the Baviaanskloof. In Afrikaans it is known as Gehardesuikerbos.{{Cite web |title=Eastern Ground Sugarbushes |url=https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/sugar17.htm |website=www.proteaatlas.org.za |access-date=2020-05-08}}{{Cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme - SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=799-142 |website=redlist.sanbi.org |access-date=2020-05-08}}