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Vexatorella amoena
Vexatorella amoena, also known as the Swartruggens vexator, is an evergreen shrub of up to about 1 m (3 ft) high, that is assigned to the family Proteaceae. It has entire, inverted egg-shaped, bluish grey, leathery leaves of 1½–3 cm (0.6–1.2 in) long and 5–11 mm (0.20–0.45 in) wide on a distinct stalk, and globular flower heads of about 2 cm (0.8 in) across with pale pink flowers with extended, thick-tipped styles at the tip of the branches. The plants are flowering from September to November. It is an endemic species that is restricted to the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Vexatorella amoena occurs in the south of the Kouebokkeveld Mountains and Swartruggens Mountains. It can exclusively be found on weathered Table Mountain Sandstone. At slightly more moist circumstances than its relative from the Kamiesberge, it is exposed to an average annual precipitation of 250–500 mm (10–20 in). It prefers dry, hot, rocky, north-facing slopes, in so-called arid fynbos, a low and open vegetation composed mainly of few Restionaceae, Erica species and other Proteaceae.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vexatorella amoena 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.
