''Leucadendron teretifolium'', the needle-leaf conebush, is a flower-bearing
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 ...
belonging 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.
Description
The shrub grows tall and bears flowers from August to September. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and are released after a fire and are possibly spread by the wind. The plant is
unisexual and there are male and female plants. It is fertilized by the wind.
In Afrikaans, it is known as .
Distribution and habitat
The plant occurs on the
Elimvlakte,
Kleinrivierberge,
Riviersonderendberge,
Potberg,
Bonteberg,
Witteberg
The Witteberg or Witteberge is a South African mountain range just off the south-west corner of Lesotho. The range, which rises to 2408 metres, stretches for about 60 km from Lundin's Neck in the east to Lady Grey in the west. The range l ...
,
Waboomsberg, and
Langeberg. It grows mainly in
Bokkeveld and Witteberg type soils at heights of .
Gallery
Leucadendron teretifolium 1DS-II 3-5499.jpg
Leucadendron teretifolium 1DS-II 3-5500.jpg
Leucadendron teretifolium 1DS-II 3-5502.jpg
Strawberry Conebush (Leucadendron teretifolium) (32926968286).jpg
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teretifolium
Taxa named by Henry Cranke Andrews