Leucadendron spissifolium (Spear-leaf conebush) Life
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Male flowerheads of Leucadendron spissifolium
ssp. natalense in summer in the Mkhambathi Reserve on the Wild
Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A female plant of Leucadendron spissifolium
ssp. natalense flowering in late spring in the Umtamvuna Reserve on
the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©]. |
A Male plant of Leucadendron spissifolium
ssp. natalense flowering in summer in the Mkhambathi Reserve on
the Wild Coast, Eastern Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A male plant of Leucadendron spissifolium
ssp. spissifolium flowering in spring in the Kleinrivier
Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
A female plant of Leucadendron spissifolium
ssp. spissifolium flowering in spring in the Elandsberg
Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Leucadendron spissifolium ssp. fragrans
male (left) and female (right) flowering in early summer on Robinson
Pass in the Attaquaskloof Mountains, Western Cape, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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Leucadendron spissifolium ssp. oribinum
male (left) and female (right) flowering in early summer at Oribi Gorge
in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. [photos
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Subspecies
- Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. spissifolium (Common
spear-leaf conebush)
- Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. fragrans (Fragrant
spear-leaf conebush)
- Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. natalense (Natal
spear-leaf conebush)
- Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. oribinum (Oribi
spear-leaf conebush)
- Leucadendron spissifolium subsp. phillipsii
(Kareedouwvlakte spear-leaf conebush)
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