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Petrophile filifolia (Petrophile filifolia)

Description

Petrophile filifolia is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.The ascending shrub typically grows to a height of 0.5 metres (1.6 ft). It blooms between October and January producing yellow-cream flowers.It is found on sand plains, flats, hills and road verges in the Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-clay soils over laterite and ironstone

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Proteales

            • Family: Proteaceae

              • Genus: Petrophile