About Leucadendron muirii E.Phillips
Leucadendron muirii, common name silver-ball conebush, is a flowering shrub in the genus Leucadendron that is part of the fynbos vegetation. It is native to the Western Cape, South Africa, occurring on the Elim, Bredasdorp, and Riversdale plains. This shrub grows up to 2.0 meters tall, and produces flowers from November to December. Mature plants are killed by fire, but their seeds survive. Seeds are held in a cone on female plants, and are released after fire; they may then be dispersed by wind. The species is unisexual, with separate male and female individual plants, and reproduction relies on insect pollination. It grows in limestone soils at elevations between 0 and 200 meters. In Afrikaans, this species is called kruiphout.
