Petrophile sessilis
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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. It can be distinguished from the related Petrophile pulchella
by its finely hairy new growth.
Proteaceae
Proteaceae is a family of flowering plants distributed in the Southern Hemisphere. The family comprises about 80 genera with about 1600 species. Together with the Platanaceae and Nelumbonaceae they make up the order Proteales. Well known genera include Protea, Banksia, Embothrium, Grevillea,...
found in eastern Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is found growing on sandstone soils, often in open forest or heathlands. It can be distinguished from the related Petrophile pulchella
Petrophile pulchella
Petrophile pulchella, known as conesticks, is a common shrub of the family proteaceae found in eastern Australia. It is found growing on shallow sandstone soils, often in open forest or heathlands near the coast...
by its finely hairy new growth.