Petrophile circinata

Petrophile circinata is a shrub endemic to Western Australia.[1]

Petrophile circinata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Petrophile
Species:
P. circinata
Binomial name
Petrophile circinata

The bushy, spreading and prickly shrub typically grows to a height of 0.2 to 1 metre (0.7 to 3.3 ft). It blooms between July and November producing yellow-cream-white flowers.

It is found on sand plains Wheatbelt and Goldfields-Esperance regions of Western Australia where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils over laterite.[1]

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