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Petrophile aspera (Petrophile aspera)

Description

Petrophile aspera is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.The low shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.5 metres (0.7 to 1.6 ft). It blooms between August and November producing pink-yellow-white flowers.It is found on sand plains in the southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly-sandy soils over laterite

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Petrophile