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Rough Leaf Conebush

Leucadendron modestum

Also called Modest Cone Conebush, Roughleaf Conebush, Strawberries, Strawberry Fair

Rough Leaf Conebush
Photo: Dinkum, CC0
Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucadendron modestum, the rough-leaf conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, South Africa.

Where it grows

The plant occurs on the Elim Plain from Stanford and Bredasdorp to Cape Agulhas. It grows mainly on level gravel or clay soil at heights of 0–165 m (0–541 ft).

Other Leucadendron plants

Linear-leaf Conebush · Red Edge Conebush · Silver tree · Swartberg Conebush · Gideonskop Conebush · Foetid Conebush · Graafwater Conebush · Foetid Conebush · Riviersonderend Conebush · Witteberg Sunbush · Witsenberg Conebush · Scraggly Conebush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Leucadendron modestum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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