Petrophile semifurcata F.Muell. ex Benth.

Erect, bushy shrub 0.3-1.5 m tall. Branchlets tomentose-pubescent. Leaves rigid, terete, pungent, 2-or 3-lobed, sometimes dividing again towards tip, 7-14.5 cm long, glabrous. Inflorescence ovoid, terminal, pedunculate, 2-4 cm long; peduncle 8-16 mm long; involucral bracts linear-triangular, deciduous; cone scales broad, obtuse, with an acute or acuminate point, densely tomentose to velvety. Flowers c. 14 mm long, whitish, lemon-yellow or cream, silky-villous. Pollen presenter slightly thickened, c. 6 mm long, with short, stiff hairs. Cones ovoid, 2.5-3.8 cm long; peduncle 10-20 mm long. Nuts to c. 10 mm long including a persistent tip.

Grows in sand heaths, in open heath and in low heath with Banksia in yellow sand.