Petrophile crispata R.Br.

Shrub to c. 0.8 m tall. Branchlets minutely pubescent, glabrescent. Leaves 4-11 cm long overall; petiole 2-4.5 cm long; lamina pinnate, terete, pungent, rigid, glabrous; pinnae divided 2-3 times, variable, 6-40 mm long. Inflorescence ovoid, terminal, solitary, sessile, to c. 20 mm long; involucral bracts ovate, acuminate, deciduous, glabrous outside, villous inside; cone scales acute to acuminate, becoming obtuse, villous; tip glabrous. Flowers c. 10 mm long, yellow, glabrous. Pollen presenter ridged, fusiform, c. 3 mm long, with short, erect hairs. Cones ovoid, 15-25 mm long. Nuts c. 3 mm long.

Grows in shrubland and open woodland, in laterite and in sand over laterite.