About Leucadendron floridum R.Br.
Leucadendron floridum, commonly called the flats conebush, is a flowering shrub in the genus Leucadendron that forms part of the fynbos vegetation. This plant is native to the Western Cape of South Africa. It occurs in the Cape Flats, from Rondebosch to Kuils River, and also around most wetlands in the Cape Peninsula. The shrub grows to a height of 2 m, and produces flowers from September to October. It is a unisexual species, with separate male and female individual plants. When fire occurs, the entire plant is destroyed, but its seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a cone on the female plant. After the plant is killed, the seeds fall from the cone to the ground, and are spread by wind. Pollination also occurs via wind. This species grows primarily in water-saturated soil at elevations between 10 and 200 m above sea level. In Afrikaans, this species is called vlaktetolbos.
