Spatalla tulbaghensis, the shaggy-hair spoon, is a flowering shrub belonging to the genus Spatalla and forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape where it occurs on the Witzenberg Plains and Skurweberg Pass.
| Spatalla tulbaghensis | |
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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. tulbaghensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Spatalla tulbaghensis (E.Phillips) Rourke
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The shrub is flat, rounded, grows only 50 cm tall and flowers from September to December. The plant dies after a fire but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual 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 moist, coarse sandy plains at altitudes of 910 m.
References
edit- ^ Rebelo, A.G.; Mtshali, H.; von Staden, L. (2020). "Spatalla tulbaghensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. IUCN: e.T113241649A185539355. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T113241649A185539355.en.
- ^ "Spatalla tulbaghensis". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
External links
edit- "Threatened Species Programme | SANBI Red List of South African Plants". redlist.sanbi.org. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Spatalla tulbaghensis (Shaggy-hair spoon)". biodiversityexplorer.info. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- "Triplespoons". proteaatlas.org.za. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- https://www.proteaatlas.org.za/PROTEA_ATLAS_main_part2.pdf bl 76
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