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Petrophile phylicoides R.Br.

Reference
Suppl.Prodr.Fl.Nov.Holl. 6 (1830)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Compact, non-lignotuberous shrub, 0.2-1(-1.75) m high. Fl. yellow/cream-yellow, Sep to Dec. White, grey or brown sand, often with gravel. Sandplains, lateritic ridges.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 23 August 1995
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, 1-1.5 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 8-15 mm long, 1-1.2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, smooth, apex acute, 0.2-0.5 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, cream or yellow. Perianth 10-12 mm long, glabrous; pistil 10-12 mm long; pollen presenter fusiform, hairy, 4-5.5 mm long. Cone with persistent scales, 25-28 mm long. Flowers in September, October, November or December. Occurs in the Eremaean (ER) or South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Coolgardie (COO), Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Jarrah Forest (JF), Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).

C. Hollister and K.R. Thiele, 19 January 2024

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Esperance Plains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Recherche, Southern Jarrah Forest, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Cranbrook, Dumbleyung, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Jerramungup, Kent, Kondinin, Kulin, Lake Grace, Plantagenet, Ravensthorpe, Wickepin.