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Petrophile diversifolia (Petrophile diversifolia)

Description

Petrophile diversifolia is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. The mostly single-stemmed, erect and slender shrub typically grows to a height of 0.7 to 3 metres (2.3 to 9.8 ft). It blooms between September and December producing cream-white-pink flowers. It is found along the south coast in the Great Southern and South West regions of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly-sandy-clay soils often over laterite.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Petrophile