Petrophile sessilis

Prickly cone-sticks
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Petrophile
Species:	P. sessilis
Binomial name
	Petrophile sessilis; Sieber ex Schult. & Schult.f.

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.[1] It can be distinguished from the related Petrophile pulchella by its finely hairy new growth.[2]

References

Harden, Gwen J. "New South Wales Flora Online: Petrophile sessilis". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.
Harden, Gwen J. "New South Wales Flora Online: Genus Petrophile". Sydney, Australia: Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011.

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[floransw-1] Harden, Gwen J. "New South Wales Flora Online: Petrophile sessilis". Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney, Australia.

[2] Harden, Gwen J. "New South Wales Flora Online: Genus Petrophile". Sydney, Australia: Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust. Retrieved 30 November 2011.