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Spatalla squamata the silky spoon is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the genus Spatalla and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is endemic to the Western Cape of South Africa, where it occurs in the Bredasdorp Mountains and Agulhas Plain.
| Spatalla squamata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Spatalla |
| Species: | S. squamata
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| Binomial name | |
| Spatalla squamata Meisn. (1856)
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The shrub grows upright and is only 50 cm high and flowers from August to October. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The plant is hermaphroditic and pollination takes place through the action of insects. Two months after the plant has flowered, the ripe seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in sandstone sand and on hills at elevations of 30 – 460 m.
References
edit- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Spatalla squamata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T113241378A185549167. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113241378A185549167.en. Retrieved 16 July 2023.