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''Leucadendron linifolium'', the line-leaf conebush, is a flower-bearing
The shrub grows tall and bears flowers in September to October. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and are released where they fall to the ground and are possibly spread by the wind. The plant is unisexual and there are male and female plants. Insects do the pollination.
In Afrikaans, it is known as the .
The plant occurs in the Cape Flats from Eerste River to the Strand, Bot River to
shrub
A shrub (often also called a bush) is a small-to-medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees ...
that belongs to 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, South Africa.
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The shrub grows tall and bears flowers in September to October. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and are released where they fall to the ground and are possibly spread by the wind. The plant is unisexual and there are male and female plants. Insects do the pollination.
In Afrikaans, it is known as the .
Distribution and habitat
The plant occurs in the Cape Flats from Eerste River to the Strand, Bot River to Elim
Elim may refer to:
Places
* Elim Aboriginal Mission, Queensland, Australia
Africa
* Elim, Western Cape, a village on the Agulhas Plain in the Western Cape of South Africa
* Elim (Bible), one of the places where the Israelites camped following t ...
and Bredasdorp, Potberg, and Jakkalsfontein to Riversdal Plains. It grows mainly in water-permeable, sandy soil at altitudes of .
Notes
Bibliography
*http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=794-76 *http://pza.sanbi.org/leucadendron-linifolium *http://biodiversityexplorer.info/plants/proteaceae/leucadendron_linifolium.htm *https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/conebu9.htm {{Taxonbar, from=Q15582765 linifolium