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Paranomus reflexus
Also called Yellow Paranomus, Eastern Sceptre, Green Scepter, Van Staden's Scepter, Van Staden's Tree Scepter, Van Stadens Sceptre
Paranomus reflexus, the Van Staden's scepter, is a flower-bearing shrub that belongs to the family Proteaceae. It is part of the South African fynbos vegetation type. The plant is native to the Eastern Cape where it occurs on the Elandsberg and Van Stadensberg.
The shrub grows up to 1.5 m tall and flowers from June to August. Fire destroys the plant but the seeds survive. The plant is bisexual and pollination takes place through the action of insects. The fruit ripens two months after the plant has flowered and the seeds fall to the ground where they are spread by ants. The plant grows in sandstone soil at altitudes of 1000–2000 m.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Paranomus reflexus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
