Umthi weSilivere (ISilver Leucadendron) luhlobo lomthi olunqabileyo nolusemngciphekweni wokuphela oluhlala lukho kwiintaba ze-Cape Peninsula eMzantsi Afrika., kubandakanya intaba yetafile. Umthi ufumana igama lawo kumbala owahlukileyo wesilivere-ngwevu wamagqabi awo, ezinde kwaye zimxinwa ezinesiphelo esitsolo.
Umthi weSilver lilungu losapho lweProtea kwaye uyinxalenye ebalulekileyo yezityalo zefynbos ezifumaneka kwingingqi yeNtshona Koloni.. Ngumthi ocothayo okhula ukuya kuthi ga 10 iimitha (33 iinyawo) ngobude kodwa ixhaphake ngokufumaneka kwiindawo eziphakamileyo ezijikelezileyo 2 ukuya 4 iimitha (6 ukuya 13 iinyawo).
Umthi uvelisa iintyatyambo ezincinci ezimthubi okanye ezimhlophe ezijikelezwe zizinkulu, ukubonisa, iibracts ezinemibala yesilivere. Iintyatyambo zivuzwa zizinambuzane, kwaye imbewu isasazwa ngumoya.
Umthi weSilivere uthathwa njengophawu lwendalo esempilweni nengagungqiyo yefynbos, njengoko inobuntununtunu kutshintsho kwimo engqongileyo kwaye ingumthombo wokutya obalulekileyo kwiintlobo ngeentlobo zeentaka nezinambuzane. Lo mthi ukwabalulekile ngokwenkcubeko kubantu bomthonyama abangamaKhoisan, abathi amagqabi awo bawasebenzise ngokweyeza, nemithi yawo ekwenzeni izixhobo zokusebenza.
Ngelishwa, umthi weSilver udweliswe njengeentlobo zezityalo ezisengozini, ngamawaka ambalwa abantu abaseleyo endle ngenxa yokulahleka kwendawo yokuhlala kunye nezinye izoyikiso. Iinzame zolondolozo ziyaqhubeka ngoku ukukhusela nokubuyisela indalo kunye nendawo yayo yokuhlala, kuquka namanyathelo okuthintela imililo, lawula iintlobo zezityalo ezihlaselayo, kunye nokukhuthaza iindlela zokusetyenziswa komhlaba ezizinzileyo.