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Petrophile latericola

Petrophile latericola is an erect Western Australian shrub in the Protea family, known for spherical heads of bright yellow flowers. It is best grown in full sun with excellent drainage, as it comes from sandy heathland.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and keep roots from sitting wet.
Soil
Free-draining, sandy or gritty mix with low phosphorus; avoid rich or peaty soils.
Temperature
Mild temperate conditions; tolerates light frost but protect below about -5 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Petrophile latericola is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with needle-shaped leaves and spherical heads of bright yellow flowers.

Where it grows

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.

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 latericola 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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