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Vexatorella latebrosa
Vexatorella latebrosa, also known as the Robertson vexator, is an evergreen, upright shrub of up to about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) high, from the family Proteaceae. It has entire, long inverted egg-shaped, bluish grey, leathery leaves that are line-shaped to very narrowly spade-shaped in outline, 5–6 cm (2.0–2.4 in) long and 2–3 mm (0.079–0.118 in), and mostly solitary globular flower heads at the end of the branches of 2.5–3 cm (0.98–1.18 in) across with scented, pink to carmine flowers with extended, styles with a thickened tip. The plants are flowering from August to September. It is an endemic species that is restricted to the Western Cape province of South Africa.
Vexatorella latebrosa can only be found on the south and southwestern slopes of the Langeberg near Klaasvoogds in the neighbourhood of Robertson. The species grows here on a heavy reddish clay that derives from Malmesbury Shale at an altitude of 400–900 m (1300–2950 ft) in vegetation types called Breede Shale Fynbos and renosterveld. The Robertson vexator does not survive fire. It is pollinated by insects. About two months after flowering the fruits fall to the ground, where these are collected by native ants that carry them to their nests. Here, the seeds remain protected underground, until an overhead fire and subsequent rains trigger germination.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Vexatorella latebrosa 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.
