About Leucadendron verticillatum (Thunb.) Meisn.
Leucadendron verticillatum, commonly called the Klapmuts conebush, is a flowering shrub in the genus Leucadendron that is part of the fynbos biome. It is native to the Western Cape, where it grows on the Cape Flats at Hercules Pillar, Muldersvlei, and Fisantekraal. The shrub reaches 2 meters in height, and it flowers between September and October. The plant is killed by fires, but its seeds survive. Seeds are stored in a cone on female plants, and they fall to the ground after a fire occurs. This species is unisexual, with separate individual plants producing male and female flowers, and flowers are pollinated by insects. It grows primarily on level terrain, in dry sand over clay soil, at altitudes between 130 and 150 meters. In Afrikaans, this species is called Klapmuts-tolbos.
