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Leucadendron teretifolium (Needle-leaf conebush)

Waterbossie [Afrikaans]

Life > eukaryotes > Archaeoplastida > Chloroplastida > Charophyta > Streptophytina > Plantae (land plants) > Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants) > Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering plants) > Eudicotyledons > Order: Proteales > Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Leucadendron

Leucadendron teretifolium Leucadendron teretifolium

A male plant of Leucadendron teretifolium flowering in spring on the Witteberg Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucadendron teretifolium, female cones in flower in spring in the Bot River valley, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]