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Petrophile heterophylla (Petrophile heterophylla)

Description

Petrophile heterophylla, commonlt known as the variable-leaved conebush, is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.The slender and non-lignotuberous shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 to 2 metres (1.6 to 6.6 ft). It blooms between August and November producing yellow-cream-white flowers.It is found in the Wheatbelt, Great Southern and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly lateritic soils

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Petrophile