Petrophile pedunculata R.Br.

Erect, spindly to bushy shrub to 2.5 m tall. Branchlets and leaves glabrous. Leaves 7-18.5 cm long overall; petiole 2.5-9.5 cm long; lamina terete, dichotomous to trichotomous; pinnae usually less than 20 mm long, occasionally to 6 cm long. Inflorescence ovoid, axillary, pedunculate, 10-15 mm long; peduncle pubescent, 12-15 mm long; involucral bracts acute to acuminate, some persisting; cone scales pubescent, ±rhomboid to ±broadly ovate, acute. Flowers 7-10 mm long, yellow or cream, sparsely pubescent. Pollen presenter fusiform, 2-3 mm long, shortly and sparsely hairy. Cones ovoid, to 4 cm long; peduncle c. 20 mm long. Nuts 3-4.5 mm long.

Grows in dry sclerophyll forest, often on sandstone or in gravelly clays. Stunted forms may be found in swampy areas.