Serruria decipiens

{{Short description|Species of flowering plant}}

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| image = Serruria decipiens 50D 1278.jpg

| status = NT

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref ={{cite iucn |publisher=IUCN |title=Serruria decipiens |author1=Rebelo, A.G. |author2=Mtshali, H. |author3=von Staden, L. |year=2020 |volume=2020 |page=e.T113236948A185556548 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113236948A185556548.en |url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/113236948/185556548}}

| genus = Serruria

| species = decipiens

| authority = R.Br.

}}

Serruria decipiens, the Sandveld spiderhead, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Serruria. It forms part of the fynbos biome.{{cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=807-32 |website=redlist.sanbi.org |access-date=13 December 2021}} The plant is native to the Western Cape, where it only occurs on the Sandveld, Hopefield, the Cape Flats, Piketberg, and Olifants River Mountains. The shrub is round and grows 1.0 m tall and bears flowers from July to October.{{cite web |title=Curly Spiderheads |url=http://www.proteaatlas.org.za/spider.htm |website=www.proteaatlas.org.za |access-date=13 December 2021}}

Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. Two months after flowering, the fruit falls off and ants disperse the seeds. They store the seeds in their nests. The plant is bisexual. Pollination takes place through the action of insects. The plant grows in sandy soil at elevations of 0–250 m.