Petrophile sessilis

Prickly cone-sticks
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Petrophile
Species: P. sessilis
Binomial name
Petrophile sessilis
Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.

Petrophile sessilis, known as prickly conesticks, is a shrub of the family proteaceae found in eastern Australia. It is found growing on sandstone soils, often in open forest or heathlands.[1] It can be distinguished from the related Petrophile pulchella by its finely hairy new growth.[2]

References

  1. New South Wales Flora Online: Petrophile sessilis by Harden, Gwen J., Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
  2. Harden, Gwen J. "New South Wales Flora Online: Genus Petrophile". Sydney, Australia: Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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