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Leucadendron sessile
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)
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.

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, South Africa.

Description

The shrub grows 1.5 m (4.9 ft) tall and bears flowers in July to August. 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.

In Afrikaans, it is known as Kleinkoprosettolbos.

Distribution with habitat

The plant occurs in the Witsenberg, Elandskloof to Slanghoek Mountains, Hottentots Holland Mountains from Jonkershoek to Kogelberg. The plant grows mainly in granite clay soil on mountain slopes at altitudes of 10–600 m (33–1,969 ft).

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References

1. Rebelo, A.G.; Raimondo, D.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Leucadendron sessile". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113170696A185587683. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113170696A185587683.en. Retrieved 14 September 2021.

• Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants
• Leucadendron sessile R.Br.
• Leucadendron sessile (Western sunbush)
• Sun Conebush

• IUCN Red List near threatened species
• Leucadendron