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Petrophile shirleyae

Petrophile shirleyae
Photo: Peter Ollerenshaw, CC BY 3.0 au

Petrophile shirleyae is an erect shrub in the Protea family, endemic to south-eastern Queensland, with needle-like leaves and narrow oval heads of white to cream flowers. It grows in sandy heath and forest, so it needs well-drained, low-nutrient soil and good sun.

Family
Proteaceae (Protea family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly once established; avoid waterlogging and never let the root zone sit wet.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy, low-phosphorus soil or potting mix; acidic conditions suit it.
Temperature
Tolerates subtropical warmth; frost-tolerant only to light frost, protect below about -2 °C.
How easy
Hard
Native range
SE. Queensland
Climate
subtropical

About

Petrophile shirleyae is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is a shrub with pinnate, needle-shaped, sharply-pointed leaves, and narrow oval heads of silky-hairy white to pale cream-coloured flowers.

Where it grows

Petrophile shirleyae grows in sandy heath and forest in near-coastal areas of south-eastern Queensland.

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 shirleyae 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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