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Petrophile pilostyla

(Petrophile pilostyla)

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Description

Petrophile pilostyla is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. 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. There are three known subspecies: - Petrophile pilostyla subsp. austrina - Petrophile pilostyla subsp. pilostyla - Petrophile pilostyla subsp. syntoma

Taxonomic tree:

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