Conesticks

(Petrophile sessilis)

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Description

Petrophile sessilis, known as prickly conesticks, is a shrub of the family proteaceae found in eastern Australia. It is found growing on sandstone soils, often in open forest or heathlands.It can be distinguished from the related Petrophile pulchella by its finely hairy new growth

Taxonomic tree:

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