Leucadendron conicum, the garden route conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and is part of the fynbos form. The plant is native to the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, where it occurs in the Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Tsitsikamma Mountains, Elandsberg and Garden Route plain.The shrub grows to be 6 m and bears flowers from October to November.
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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Garden Route Conebush being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Leucadendron macowanii
- Leucadendron salicifolium
- Leucadendron eucalyptifolium
- Leucadendron pondoense
- Leucadendron loeriense
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Leucadendron
- Species
- Leucadendron conicum
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