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Leucadendron xanthoconus

Cones
Common names: sickle-leaf conebush ( Eng. ); blinkblaartolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Twine Kirstenbosch National Botanical Gardens July 2007 Leucadendron xanthoconus is a single-stemmed, dense, ... rains that will help sustain a growing young seedling. Leucadendron Propagation can be done via cuttings or seed, ... from groundcovers to trees, with genera such as Protea, Leucadendron, Leucospermum, Serruria and Paranomus to name a ...

16 / 07 / 2007 | Monique Twine | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron tinctum

Leucadendron tinctum display
Common names: spicy conebush ( Eng. ); toffie-appel (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Twine Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden July 2006 Leucadendron tinctum is a perennial, bushy shrub growing up ... to many climatic regions. An unusual characteristic of Leucadendron tinctum is that its anthers act as the ... its nut-like fruit. An interesting fact about this Leucadendron is that its inflorescence looks different at ...

17 / 07 / 2006 | Monique Twine | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron thymifolium

Female flower
Common names: Malmesbury conebush, thymeleaf protea; katsterttolbos, swartveldknoppiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden February 2014 Leucadendron thymifolium is a shrub that reaches a maximum ... flowering. Similar species and their differences are: Leucadendron stellare is a resprouter and has many stems ... whereas L. thymifolium has a single stem in most cases. Leucadendron cinereum and L. levisanus are both serotinous ...

24 / 02 / 2014 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron teretifolium

Female plant showing cones
Common names: needle-leaf conebush, strawberry conebush (Eng.); waterbossie (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... rocky sandstone leached soils (which support fynbos). The Leucadendron genus is dioecious, meaning that males and ... form and grow within a hard cone on the female plant. Leucadendron Leucadendron teretifolium can be propagated from seed or ...

09 / 03 / 2015 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron strobilinum

Red leaf tips
Common names: Peninsula conebush
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden January 2012 Leucadendron strobilinum is a large, single-stemmed shrub ... released after fire. The seeds are dispersed by wind.  Leucadendron strobilinum  has plants of separate sexes, the ... separate plants. Flowers are pollinated by small beetles. Leucadendron Leucadendron strobilinum  can be grown from ...

02 / 01 / 2012 | Olivia Tyambetyu | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum

Male flowers: Copyright Tony Abbott
Common names: Oribi spear-leaved conebush ( Eng. ); Oribigeelbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... & Wendy Foden Threatened Species Programme June 2006 Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum is a shrub 0.5-1.5 ... Flowers are yellow. Five subspecies are recognized within Leucadendron spissifolium . The Oribi spear-leaved conebush ... where the plants are scattered (Williams 1972). The genus Leucadendron has a restricted geographical range, occurring ...

05 / 06 / 2006 | Wendy Foden | TSP
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Leucadendron sessile

Female Leucadendron sessile bush
Common names: sun conebush, western sunbush (Eng.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden August 2008 Leucadendron sessile is a 1-2 m tall, rounded, dense, bushy ... turn a different colour while the plant is in flower. In Leucadendron sessile the involucral leaves are yellow ... mid-winter to early spring (July to August). In the genus Leucadendron the inflorescence consists of spirally arranged ...

11 / 08 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron salignum

L.salignum
Common names: common sunshine conebush (Eng.); geelbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... the flowers, make this species an attractive garden plant. Leucadendron salignum is a multi-stemmed shrub with a ... variable in leaf size as well as leaf- and bract colour. Leucadendron Cultivars and hybrids can only be propagated ... grow fast and are ready to be planted out after a year. Leucadendron salignum  is the most widespread species of the ...

11 / 12 / 2000 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron rubrum

Leucadendron rubrum
Common names: spinning top conebush (Eng.); tolletjiesbos, waretolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2010 Leucadendron rubrum is an erect shrub growing to 2.5 m tall. ... and will flower after three years if grown from seed. Leucadendron rubrum occurs across most of the Fynbos biome ... Sandstone at an altitude of between 250 and 1500 m. Male Leucadendron plants produce lots of pollen that is blown by ...

11 / 10 / 2010 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron pubescens

Leucadendron pubescens
Common names: grey conebush, silky conebush (Eng.); knokkerbos, pitjiebos, knopbos, syhaartolbos, pitjieknopbos, syhaar-tolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden November 2021 Leucadendron pubescens is an upright, dense, evergreen shrub, ... hairy, pointed at the tip, with style shorter than 10 mm. Leucadendron pubescens begins to flower in winter and ... start as early as September and finish as late as January. Leucadendron pubescens has many variations and 6 of them were ...

22 / 11 / 2021 | Mane Somtshu | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron macowanii

Leucadendron macowanii, male flowerheads.
Common names: acacia-leaf conebush, wattle-leaf conebush
Family: Proteaceae

... September 2002 updated by Alice Notten, August 2017   Leucadendron macowanii grows up to 2.3 m tall and has a ... in the past it also occurred in Peninsula Granite Fynbos. Leucadendron macowanii  occurs in fynbos, which is a ... soil to provide the food for a new generation of plants.  Leucadendron macowanii  is adapted to survive the fires by ...

16 / 09 / 2002 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron loeriense

Leucadendron loeriense female cones in flower
Common names: loerie conebush (Eng.); loerietolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden December 2009 Leucadendron loeriense is a slender, upright shrub 2-3 m ... retained in the cones on the plant for several years.   Leucadendron loeriense is very similar to L. uliginosum ... overall silvery appearance whereas L. loeriense does not. Leucadendron loeriense occurs in the Eastern Cape, on the ...

29 / 12 / 2008 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron linifolium

Leucadendron linifolium
Common names: line-leaf conebush (Eng.), duineknoppiesbos, knoppiesbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Notten Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden October 2010 Leucadendron linifolium is a well branched shrub, 1 - 2 m ... New growth is usually attractively tinged pinkish red. Leucadendron linifolium flowers during spring (Sept.-Oct.). ... plants must be grown so that fertilisation takes place. . Leucadendron linifolium occurs in dense, isolated stands on ...

25 / 10 / 2010 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron levisanus

Leucadendron levisanus male in flower
Common names: Cape Flats conebush, spatula-leaf protea (Eng.); sandknoppiesbos (Afr.) Status: Endangered
Family: Proteaceae

Kirstenbosch NBG Trevor Adams Kirstenbosch NBG August 2003 Leucadendron levisanus is an erect, 2 m tall, well-branched ... is mature at the age of 10 years and senesces at 30 years. Leucadendron levisanus once occurred in huge stands on the ... aemula (strawberry spiderhead) and restios (Cape reeds). Leucadendron Leucadendron levisanus is reproduced from tip ...

25 / 08 / 2003 | Trevor Adams | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron laxum

Leucadendron laxum
Common names: Bredasdorp conebush (Eng.); vleirosie (Afr.).
Family: Proteaceae

... used in dried flower arrangements or in Christmas wreaths. Leucadendron laxum  occurs in dense stands near the ... Limestone Fynbos and Cape Lowland Freshwater Wetlands. Leucadendron laxum  is pollinated by insects, which are ... and regeneration normally only takes place after a fire. Leucadendron laxum  occurs in fire prone vegetation, where ...

01 / 10 / 2001 | Hanneke Jamieson | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron laureolum

Leucadendron laureolum growing in habitat at Silvermine
Common names: golden conebush, golden sunshine-conebush, laurel-leaf conebush (Eng.); louriergeelbos, louriertolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

Kirstenbosch NBG Alice Notten Kirstenbosch NBG May 2012  Leucadendron laureolum is a large shrub 1 to 2 m tall and ... the parent plant, or branch, dies. The fruits are winged. Leucadendron laureolum occurs on granite, sandstone and ... scent and are pollinated by insects (small beetles). Leucadendron laureolum is serotinous, and retains its seeds ...

07 / 05 / 2012 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron floridum

Bush with female flowers
Common names: Flats conebush, silky euryspermum, sunny; tolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden September 2013 Leucadendron floridum is a tall bushy shrub that reaches a ... are released in March. This species looks very similar to Leucadendron uliginosum , however, L. floridum has hairy ... places. In winter its roots are often covered with water. Leucadendron floridum is wind and beetle pollinated. Male ...

23 / 09 / 2013 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron eucalyptifolium

Male and female flower heads
Common names: gum-leaf conebush, tall conebush (English), grootgeelbos, geelbos (Afrikaans)
Family: Proteaceae

... and are hairless when mature. As are all leucadendrons, Leucadendron eucalyptifolium is dioecious, meaning that male ... out, usually after the parent plant, or branch, dies. Leucadendron eucalyptifolium grows at forest margins and on ... It is frequent and occurs in dense, extensive stands. Leucadendron eucalyptifolium flowers are pollinated by ...

01 / 09 / 2014 | Alice Notten | Kirstenbosch NBG
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Leucadendron elimense subsp. elimense

female plant in flower
Common names: Elim conebush
Family: Proteaceae

... June 2008 All Proteaceae are monoecious, except the genera Leucadendron and Aulax, which are dioecious or unisexual.  Leucadendron elimense subsp. elimense is a single-stemmed, ...                                       Leucadendron elimense subsp. elimense grows in shallow soils ...

16 / 06 / 2008 | Berenice Carolus | Harold Porter NBG
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Leucadendron discolor

Flower head of male plant
Common names: Piketberg conebush, gold flame tips, red conebush (Eng.); rooi-tolbos (Afr.)
Family: Proteaceae

... Botanical Garden September 2012 The juvenile phase of Leucadendron discolor is a small densely bushy shrub. A year ... of 1-1.5 m. One of the distinguishing features of this Leucadendron are the grey-green broadly ovate leaves. ... the ground, germinates and establishes a new population. Leucadendron Leucadendron discolor can be propagated from ...

24 / 09 / 2012 | Louise Nurrish | Kirstenbosch NBG
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