Spatalla squamata
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 where it occurs in the Bredasdorp Mountains and Agulhas Plain.

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 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 sandstone sand and on hills at altitudes of 30 - 460 m.

References

Sources   
 REDLIST Sanbi
 Biodiversityexplorer
 Protea Atlas
 Protea Atlas, bl. 94
 Plants of the World Online

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