''Leucadendron brunioides'' var. ''brunioides'', the common foetid conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub and variety of ''

Leucadendron brunioides ''Leucadendron brunioides'', the foetid conebush, is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It was first described in 1856 by Carl Meissner. Description ''Leucadendron brunioides'' is endemic to sandy flats and shrublands of South Africa ...

'', which belongs to the genus ''

Leucadendron ''Leucadendron'' is a genus of about 80 species of flowering plants in the family Proteaceae, endemic to South Africa, where they are a prominent part of the fynbos ecoregion and vegetation type. Description Species in the genus ''Leucadendron' ...

'' and forms part of the

fynbos Fynbos (; meaning fine plants) is a small belt of natural shrubland or heathland vegetation located in the Western Cape and Eastern Cape provinces of South Africa. This area is predominantly coastal and mountainous, with a Mediterranean clim ...

. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs on the Bokkeveld Carp near Nieuwoudtville, the Sandveld, Gifberg, Cederberg to the eastern Koue Bokkeveld, Hex River Mountains, and the Breede River Valley. The plant sprouts again after it has burned. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and only fall to the ground when the flower has ripened and are spread by wind. The plant is unisexual and there are separate plants with male and female flowers, which are pollinated by insects. The plant grows mainly in deep sandstone soil in valleys at altitudes of 100 - 1,000 m. In Afrikaans it is known as Tolletjies.

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brunioides var. brunioides Taxa named by Carl Meissner {{Proteaceae-stub