Leucadendron daphnoides (Thunb.) Meisn. is a plant in the Proteaceae family, order Proteales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Leucadendron daphnoides (Thunb.) Meisn.

Leucadendron daphnoides (Thunb.) Meisn.

Du Toit's Kloof conebush is a fynbos native flowering shrub of the Western Cape that grows up to 1.5 m tall.

Family
Genus
Leucadendron
Order
Proteales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Leucadendron daphnoides (Thunb.) Meisn.

Leucadendron daphnoides (Thunb.) Meisn., commonly called Du Toit's Kloof conebush, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Leucadendron. It is a member of the fynbos vegetation type. This species is native to the Western Cape province of South Africa, where it grows in the Slanghoek, Du Toits, and Stettynskloof mountains. The shrub reaches a maximum height of 1.5 meters, and it flowers between July and September each year. In Afrikaans, this plant is known by the common name reusepoeierkwas.

Photo: (c) Peter Swart, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Peter Swart · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Proteales Proteaceae Leucadendron

More from Proteaceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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