Conesticks (Petrophile pulchella)
Description
Petrophile pulchella grows as a shrub, which can reach 3 metres (9.8 ft) high in sheltered locations and around 50 centimetres (20 in) in exposed heathland. The fine divided leaves average 4 to 10 centimetres (1.6 to 3.9 in) in length and are needle-shaped but soft rather than sharp-tipped. The new growth is glabrous (smooth). The cream-yellow inflorescences are roughly egg-shaped and appear in spring and summer. They are either sessile or on short stalks up to 1 centimetre (0.39 in) long. This distinguishes the species from P. pedunculata, which has its flowerheads on longer stalks 1 to 3 centimetres (0.39 to 1.18 in) long. The two other species in eastern Australia, P. canescens and P. sessilis, both have finely hairy new growth
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Proteales
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Family: Proteaceae
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Genus: Petrophile
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