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Petrophile pilostyla

Petrophile pilostyla is a shrub from the Protea family found only in southwestern Western Australia, known for needle-like leaves and spherical heads of cream to pale yellow flowers. It suits dry, free-draining conditions and is grown mainly in Australian native gardens.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and allow the soil to dry between waterings.
Soil
Sandy or gravelly, free-draining soil; tolerates poor, nutrient-low ground.
Temperature
Suited to mild Mediterranean-type climates; protect from severe frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Petrophile pilostyla is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to southwestern Western Australia. It is a shrub with needle-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves and spherical heads of hairy, cream-coloured or pale yellow flowers.

Where it grows

This petrophile is found on low hills where it grows in sandy-gravelly soils over limestone or laterite between Tamala Station near Shark Bay and Watheroo National Park in the Geraldton Sandplains biogeographic region.

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 pilostyla 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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