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Jonaskop Silver-Conebush - Leucadendrons


Silver-ruff Conebush - Leucadendron nervosum

Female Male
Silver-ruff Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Silver-ruff Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: A shrub up to 1.5m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants
Flowers: September
Pollinator: Insects
Fruit: Stored on plant, released after fire
Seed dispersal: Wind
Seed storage: In cones on female plants
Rarity status: Not threatened, 3 natural dense stands occur
Habitat: Northern slopes, 1100-1350m
Distribution: Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains and Grootberg in the Langeberg

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