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Oil Bract Conebushes - Leucadendrons


Oilbract Conebush - Leucadendron microcephalum

Female Male
Oilbract Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Oilbract Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: Erect shrub up 2m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants
Flowers: July
Pollinator: Beetles
Fruit: Dropped to gound after two months ripening
Seed dispersal: Wind
Seed storage: In cones on female plants
Rarity status: Not threatened, dense populations occur
Habitat: Stony sandstone soils, 0-1330m
Distribution: Kogelberg, Kleinmond, Klein River, Groenland, Hottentots-Holland, Du Toit's Kloof and Riviersonderend Mountains

Red Oily Conebush - Leucadendron glaberrimum erubescens

Female Male
Oily Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Oily Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: Erect shrub up 0.8m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants
Flowers: August - September
Pollinator: Beetles
Fruit: Dropped to gound after two months ripening
Seed dispersal: Rodents
Seed storage: In caches in the ground
Rarity status: Not threatened
Habitat: Montane, steep, sand or stony slopes, 300-1000m
Distribution: Koue Bokkeveld Mountains, Olifants River, Groot Winterhoek Mountains, Skurweberg, Piketberg

Oily Conebush - Leucadendron glaberrimum glaberrimum

Female Male
Oily Conebush - Photo: NBI Collection Oily Conebush - Photo: Nigel Forshaw Habit: Erect or spreading shrub up 1.3m tall
Fire survival: Killed, only seeds survive
Sexual system: Flowers of one sex on separate plants
Flowers: August - October
Pollinator: Beetles
Fruit: Dropped to gound after two months ripening
Seed dispersal: Probably the Cape Spiny Mouse, it hoards the fruit
Seed storage: In caches in the ground
Rarity status: Not threatened
Habitat: Montane, steep, sand or stony slopes, 900-1770m
Distribution: Cederberg to Koue Bokkeveld, Skurweberg and Hex River Mountains

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