Leucadendron xanthoconus (Sickle-leaf
conebush) Blinkblaartolbos [Afrikaans]
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> Family: Proteaceae > Genus: Leucadendron
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A male Leucadendron xanthoconus in flower
in spring on the southern Cape Peninsula with False Bay and the
Kogelberg mountains in the distance, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A male plant of Leucadendron xanthoconus
flowering in spring on the Agulhas Plain near Pearly Beach, South
Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A female plant of Leucadendron xanthoconus
flowering on Elsies Peak in the Cape Peninsula mountains, South Africa.
[photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
Mature cones of a female plant of Leucadendron
xanthoconus on the Cape Peninsula mountains in the Silvermine
Reserve, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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A male Cape Sugarbird,
Promerops cafer,
perched on Leucadendron xanthoconus in leaf in the Cape Peninsula
mountains, South Africa. [photo
Colin Paterson-Jones ©] |
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