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Petrophile stricta (Petrophile stricta)

Description

Petrophile stricta is a shrub endemic to Western Australia. The upright and spreading shrub typically grows to a height of 0.6 to 1.6 metres (2.0 to 5.2 ft). It blooms between October and December producing cream-pink flowers. It is found on sandplains, ridges and low hills in the Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils over laterite.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Petrophile