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White Stalked Spoon

Spatalla curvifolia

Also called Curve Leaf Spatalla, White Spoon, Whitestalk Spoon

White Stalked Spoon
Photo: SAplants, CC BY-SA 4.0

Spatalla curvifolia is a low, rounded fynbos shrub from the Western Cape of South Africa, reaching about 80 cm tall and flowering through much of the year. It is a Proteaceae species and is grown mainly by enthusiasts of South African fynbos plants.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; let the soil dry out between waterings and avoid wet feet.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy, acidic soil low in phosphate.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions suit it; tolerates light frost but needs protection below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SW. Cape Prov.
Climate
subtropical

About

Spatalla curvifolia, the white-stalked spoon, is a flower-bearing shrub that forms part of the fynbos. The plant is native to the Western Cape of South Africa.

Where it grows

The plant occurs from Kogelberg to Bredasdorp. It grows in sandy soil at elevations of 0–350 m (0–1,148 ft).

Other Spatalla plants

Silver Leaf Spoon · Fine Leaf Spoon · Woolly Hair Spoon · Shiny Spoon · Long Tube Spoon · Erica Leaf Spoon · Swan Head Spoon · Pink Stalked Spoon · Woolly Spoon · Medusa Spoon · Spike Spoon · Palmiet Spoon

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Spatalla curvifolia by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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.

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