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Leucadendron nervosum (Silky-ruff conebush)

Syblaartolbos [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 nervosum

Leucadendron nervosum, a male plant flowering in spring on Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

Leucadendron nervosum Leucadendron nervosum

Leucadendron nervosum, a female plant flowering in spring on Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]

A Fruit chafer (Trichostetha capensis) feeding on a female Leucadendron nervosum flowerhead in late spring on Jonaskop in the Riviersonderend mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo Colin Paterson-Jones ©]