Petrophile pilostyla

Petrophile pilostyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Eudicots
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Petrophile
Species: P. pilostyla
Binomial name
Petrophile pilostyla
Rye & Hislop

Petrophile pilostyla is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]

The shrub typically grows to a height of 1.7 metres (5.6 ft). It blooms between July and October producing yellow-cream flowers.

It is found on low hills in the Wheatbelt and Mid West regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils over limestone or laterite.[1]

There are three known subspecies:

  • Petrophile pilostyla subsp. austrina
  • Petrophile pilostyla subsp. pilostyla
  • Petrophile pilostyla subsp. syntoma[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Petrophile pilostyla". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
  2. ↑ "Petrophile pilostyla subsp. syntoma". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.
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