 Leucospermum conocarpodendron

Leucospermum conocarpodendron, is the largest species of the genus reaching almost tree-like proportions of high, with a firm trunk that is covered in a thick layer of cork that protects it from most fires, with greyish or green narrow or broad inverted egg-shaped leaves with three to ten teeth near the tip, and large yellow flowerheads, with firm, bent, yellow styles that stick far beyond the rest of the flower and give the impression of a pincushion.It is commonly known as the tree pincushion in English or goudsboom in Afrikaans.