Petrophile biloba R.Br.

Shrub to 2 m tall. Leaves to about 4 cm long, stiff, deeply 3-lobed with sharp points, these lobes often further divided. Flower clusters ovoid, axillary, each to about 8 mm long and crowded towards the tip of the branchlets. Flowers to 2 cm or so long, greyish to pink; winter to spring. Fruiting cones ovoid,1-1.5 cm long.

WA.

Source: Spencer, R.; Molyneux, B.; Mathews, D. (2002). Proteaceae. In: Spencer, R.. Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Volume 3. Flowering plants. Dicotyledons. Part 2. The identification of garden and cultivated plants. University of New South Wales Press.

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Distribution map
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Petrophile Knight