Leucadendron conicum

{{Short description|Species of plant}}

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|image = Leucadendron conicum 31108898.jpg

|status = NT

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Rebelo, A.G. |author2=Mtshali, H. |author3=von Staden, L. |year=2020 |title=Leucadendron conicum |volume=2020 |page=e.T113166841A185565240 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113166841A185565240.en |access-date=10 August 2021}}

|genus = Leucadendron

|species = conicum

|authority = (Lam.) I.Williams

|synonyms =

• Leucadendron ramosissimum {{small|H.Buek ex Meisn.}}
• Protea conica {{small|Lam.}}
• Protea ramosissima {{small|Kuntze}}

|synonyms_ref = {{cite web |title=Leucadendron conicum (Lam.) I.Williams |url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:704754-1 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=31 January 2025}}

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Leucadendron conicum,{{Cite web |title=Leucadendron conicum (Lam.) I.Williams |url=https://www.gbif.org/species/5638263 |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=www.gbif.org |publisher=GBIF |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=Leucadendron conicum |url=https://www.mindat.org/taxon-5638263.html |access-date=2021-12-06 |website=www.mindat.org |publisher=Mindat.org}} the garden route conebush, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Leucadendron and is part of the fynbos form.{{cite web |title=Threatened Species Programme {{!}} SANBI Red List of South African Plants |url=http://redlist.sanbi.org/species.php?species=794-25 |website=redlist.sanbi.org |access-date=6 December 2021}} The plant is native to the Western Cape and the Eastern Cape, where it occurs in the Langeberg, Outeniqua Mountains, Tsitsikamma Mountains, Elandsberg and Garden Route plain.The shrub grows to be 6 m and bears flowers from October to November.{{cite web |title=Delta-seed Conebushes |url=https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/conebu.htm |website=www.proteaatlas.org.za |access-date=6 December 2021}}

In Afrikaans it is known as {{lang|af|vaaltolbos}}. The tree is number 78.1 on the National List of Indigenous Trees in South Africa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.treetags.co.za/national-list-of-indigenous-trees/|title = National List of Indigenous Trees in South Africa}}