Serruria aemula

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa}}

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|image = Serruria aemula congesta - Strawberry Spiderhead - Kirstenbosch gardens.JPG

|status = CR

|status_system = IUCN2.3

|genus = Serruria

|species = aemula

|authority = Salisb. ex Knight

}}

Serruria aemula is a critically endangered species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa. It is known by the common name of strawberry spiderhead.

This plant used to occur in large numbers on the Cape Flats of Cape Town. Its natural habitat now lies under urban sprawl so only a few plants survive on patches of road-side. Several of its subspecies are now in fact extinct in the wild, surviving only in botanical gardens. Mostly it grows up to 0.5m in height.{{Cite web|url = http://pza.sanbi.org/serruria-aemula |title = Serruria aemula|website = Plantzafrica.com | publisher=South African National Biodiversity Institute |access-date = 31 December 2020 | first=Anthony | last=Hitchcock | first2= Trevor | last2= Adams | date = November 2002}}

File:Serruria aemula congesta KirstenboschBotGard09292010E.JPG

File:Serruria aemula congesta KirstenboschBotGard09292010D.JPG

File:Serruria aemula (Spiderhead).jpg