Leucadendron pubescens
Grey Conebush
Flowering time: June to October
Fruits: September to January
Male and female on different bushes. Cones hairy. Found on slopes of Geelberg and on road to lower Tadpole Pools especially.
"Dioecious shrub to 2.5 m. Leaves oblanceolate, glabrous or
silvery adpressed-hairy, 16--28 mm long (male), 25--57 mm long (female). Male
flower heads 9--18 mm diam., female 10--20 mm diam., sweet or yeast-scented.
July--Oct. Sandstone slopes, NW, KM (Bokkeveld Mts to Witteberg and Klein
Swartberg).*" Goldblatt, P.and Manning, J. 2000. Cape Plants. A conspectus of
the Cape flora of South Africa. Strelitzia
9.
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