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Petrophile aspera

(Petrophile aspera)

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Description

Petrophile aspera is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.The low shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 0.5 metres (0.7 to 1.6 ft). It blooms between August and November producing pink-yellow-white flowers.It is found on sand plains in the southern Wheatbelt region of Western Australia where it grows in gravelly-sandy soils over laterite

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum:
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Proteales
Family:Proteaceae
Genus:Petrophile
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