Leucadendron sessile

Leucadendron sessile, the western sunbush, is a flower-bearing shrub belonging to the genus Leucadendron and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape, where it occurs in the Witsenberg, Elandskloof to Slanghoek Mountains, Hottentots-Holland Mountains from Jonkershoek to Kogelberg. The shrub grows 1.5 m tall and bears flowers in July to August.

Leucadendron sessile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Leucadendron
Species:
L. sessile
Binomial name
Leucadendron sessile
R.Br.

Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The seeds are stored in a toll on the female plant and are released after two months when they are ripe and fall to the ground. Rodents disperse the seeds. The plant is unisexual and there are male and female plants. Small towers do the pollination. The plant grows mainly in granite clay soil on mountain slopes at altitudes of 10–600 m.

In Afrikaans it is known as Kleinkoprosettolbos.

References
  1. Rebelo, A.G., Raimondo, D. & von Staden, L. 2020. Leucadendron sessile. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T113170696A185587683. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113170696A185587683.en. Downloaded on 14 September 2021.
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