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Petrophile foremanii

Petrophile foremanii is a shrub from south-west Western Australia, grown for its cream-yellow flower heads in winter and spring. It is a species of the Protea family and needs well-drained, low-nutrient conditions like other Western Australian natives.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established and let the soil dry between waterings; avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or gritty, low-phosphorus soil; avoid rich fertilised mixes.
Temperature
Tolerates mild to warm temperatures; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Petrophile foremanii is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with more or less cylindrical leaves and elliptic to spherical heads of hairy, creamy yellow flowers on the ends of branchlets.

Where it grows

This petrophile mainly grows in Banksia and Acacia, mostly within Kalbarri National Park.

Other Petrophile plants

Petrophile acicularis · Petrophile aculeata · Petrophile anceps · Petrophile antecedens · Petrophile arcuata · Petrophile aspera · Petrophile axillaris · Granite Petrophile · Petrophile biternata · Petrophile brevifolia · Conesticks · Petrophile carduacea

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Petrophile foremanii by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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