Petrophile aculeata Foreman

Species

Angiosperms > Proteales > Proteaceae > Petrophile

Characteristics

Small shrub to c. 35 cm tall. Branchlets and leaves hirsute, glabrescent. Leaves simple; lamina narrowly obovate, 4-9 cm long, flattened, minutely scabrous, irregularly toothed in upper half; teeth ±retrorse; longitudinal veins 3 with a few lateral veins clearly visible on both surfaces. Inflorescence ±globose, terminal or axillary, sessile, 10-12 mm diam.; involucral bracts grey, narrowly ovate, hirsute; cone scales ovate to broadly ovate, grey, hirsute. Flowers c. 11 mm long; colour unknown, villous towards tip, glabrous at base. Pollen presenter fusiform, c. 2.5-3 mm long, covered with sparse, short, erect hairs (based on withered remains). Cones ±globose, to c. 12 mm diam. Nuts c. 6 mm long.
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Grows in low open heath in grey sand and lateritic pebbles.
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Images

Petrophile aculeata unspecified picture

Distribution

Petrophile aculeata world distribution map, present in Australia

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:990126-1
WFO ID wfo-0000477815
COL ID 776G5
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Synonyms

Petrophile aculeata