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Needle Leaf Conebush

Leucadendron teretifolium

Also called Abietinum, Comosum, Needleleaf Conebush, Round Leaf Chasme, Sacred Cone, Strawberry Conebush, Terete Conebush

Needle Leaf Conebush
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Leucadendron teretifolium, the needle-leaf conebush, is a fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, about 1 m tall, with separate male and female plants. It is grown for its cones and needle-like leaves, and needs full sun, good drainage and a dry, Mediterranean-style climate.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry out between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or acidic, low-nutrient soil such as fynbos-type mixes.
Temperature
10–30 °C; tolerates mild frost briefly but protect below about -3 °C.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Leucadendron teretifolium, the needle-leaf conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging 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 Elimvlakte, Kleinrivierberge, Riviersonderendberge, Potberg, Bonteberg, Witteberg, Waboomsberg, and Langeberg. It grows mainly in Bokkeveld and Witteberg type soils at heights of 0–1,350 m (0–4,429 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 teretifolium 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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