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Karoo Conebush

Leucadendron nobile

Also called Needle Leaf Conebush, Needle Leaved Conebush

Karoo Conebush
Photo: Brian du Preez, CC BY-SA 4.0

Leucadendron nobile is a South African shrub in the Protea family, native to the southern Cape and rarely grown outside its home range. It needs full sun, excellent drainage, and a dry, lean soil, much like other fynbos plants.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid wet feet.
Soil
Sandy, acidic, very well-drained soil or a gritty mix low in phosphorus.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm conditions; protect from frost below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
S. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucadendron nobile is a species of plant in the family Proteaceae. It a shrub is endemic to the southern Cape Provinces of South Africa.

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 nobile by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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