Leucadendron salignum, also known as the common sunshine conebush, is an evergreen, dioecious shrub in the family Proteaceae.

The winged seeds remain in the woody cones until they are released after a fire, and are distributed by the wind.

[1] Leucadendron salignum is an evergreen, stiff, upright shrub of up to 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) high, with soft, silky hairs pressed against the branches, with variable leaf sizes and bract colour.

Its rigid but rather thin leathery leaves are oblong linear or lance-shaped linear, 2+1⁄2–7+1⁄2 cm (0.98–2.95 in) long, 3+1⁄4–6+1⁄2 mm (0.13–0.26 in) wide, gradually pointy or with the midrib extended in a pointy tip, with soft, silky hairs pressed against the leaf surface.

[2][3] The common sunshine conebush was first described by Swedish botanist Peter Jonas Bergius in 1766, who named it Leucadendron salignum.

[7] A comparison of homologous DNA indicates that L. salignum may be most closely related to L. lanigerum, followed by a clade consisting of L. flexuosum and L.

It copes with a wide range of soil types, and can be found from sea level to about 2,000 metres (6,600 ft) altitude.

[12] The winged seeds remain in the cone on the female plant for many years on end, until they are released after a fire kills the above ground biomass.

It also regrows well in response to deep pruning, and this species and several of its hybrids and cultivars are widely used for cut foliage production.

[9] Leucadendron ‘Safari Sunset' is a hybrid bred from a red form of L. salignum and L. laureolum.