sentences:  In southern parts of its distribution, the mean temperature range is ; further north it is somewhat warmer, with a mean temperature range of .Like most other Proteaceae, "B. vestita" has proteoid roots, roots with dense clusters of short lateral rootlets that form a mat in the soil just below the leaf litter.These enhance solubilisation of nutrients, thus allowing nutrient uptake in low-nutrient soils such as the phosphorus-deficient native soils of Australia.