Petrophile squamata is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub usually with deeply divided, three-lobed and sharply-pointed leaves, and oval heads of hairy yellow or creamy-yellow flowers.
| Petrophile squamata | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Petrophile |
| Species: | P. squamata
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| Petrophile squamata | |
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Description
editPetrophile squamata is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.3–3 m (1 ft 0 in – 9 ft 10 in). The leaves are up to 65 mm (2.6 in) long on a petiole up to 28 mm (1.1 in) long, and deeply divided with three sharply-pointed lobes that often themselves have three to five lobes and are 3–35 mm (0.12–1.38 in) long. The flowers are arranged in leaf axils in sessile, oval heads 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, with small deciduous involucral bracts at the base. The flowers are 8–10 mm (0.31–0.39 in) long, yellow or creamy-yellow and hairy. Flowering mainly occurs from July to December and the fruit is a nut, fused with others in a more or less oval head about 16 mm (0.63 in) long.[2][3]
Taxonomy
editPetrophile squamata was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown in Transactions of the Linnean Society of London.[4][5] The specific epithet (squamata) means "scaly", referring to the involucral bracts.[6]
Distribution and habitat
editPetrophile squamata is a common and widespread species growing in sandy heath, shrubland or woodland between Perth and Israelite Bay.[2][3]
Conservation status
editThis petrophile is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b "Petrophile squamata". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b Foreman, David B. "Petrophile squamata". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Petrophile squamata". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Petrophile squamata". APNI. Retrieved 8 January 2021.
- ^ Brown, Robert (1810). "On the Proteaceae of Jussieu". Transactions of the Linnean Society. 10: 70.
- ^ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 312. ISBN 9780958034180.