Petrophile conifera Meisn.

Dense shrub to about 1.5 m tall. Leaves mostly 5-10 cm long, pinnately divided 2-3 times, stiff, sharply pointed, hairless. Flower clusters ovoid, terminal, solitary, 2-3 cm long. Flowers 1-1.5 cm long, cream to yellow sometimes suffused with green, highly perfumed; spring. Fruiting cones ovoid, 1-3 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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kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Proteanae
order      Proteales
family       Proteaceae
genus        Petrophile Knight