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Leucadendron olens
Leucadendron olens is an upright fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, reaching about 1.2 m, with separate male and female plants. It grows best in full sun with excellent drainage, as in its native dry sandy-stone slopes.
Leucadendron olens, the yellow 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.
The plant occurs in the Doring River Valley and the Grootdoring River of the Outeniqua Mountains, South Africa. It is terrestrial and grows mainly in dry sandstone on northern slopes of 590–800 m (1,940–2,620 ft).
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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.
