Appearance
"Petrophile latericola" is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–1.5 m high and has glabrous branchlets and leaves. The leaves are needle-shaped, 30–40 mm long and sharply pointed. The flowers are arranged on the ends of branchlets in sessile, more or less spherical heads with fifteen to thirty-five flowers. The flowers are 16–20 mm long and bright yellow with many tapering linear involucral bracts at the base. Flowering has been observed in November and the fruit is a nut, fused with others in a spherical head about 10 mm long.Distribution
This petrophile grows in heath and shrubland along the base of the Whicher Range in the Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic region in the southwest of Western Australia.Status
This petrophile is classified as "Threatened Flora " by the Department of Environment and Conservation.Cultural
In 2019 Australia Post featured "Petrophile latericola" on a postage stamp.References:
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