- Reference
- Nuytsia 15:480-482, Fig. 2i (2005)
- Conservation Code
- Not threatened
- Naturalised Status
- Native to Western Australia
- Name Status
- Current
Prostrate shrub, to 0.3 m high, with its height being equivalent to the length of its erect leaves. Fl. cream-yellow, Aug to Nov.
![Photograph of Petrophile prostrata Rye & Hislop Image](/science/timage/20641ic1.jpg)
Scientific Description
Shrubs, 0.10-0.20 m high; branchlets glabrous. Leaves alternate, 120-300 mm long, 1.5-2 mm wide, glabrous; lamina terete, entire, straight or curved, scabrous, apex pungent, 1-1.5 mm long. Inflorescences not viscid, white or yellow. Perianth 15-24 mm long, hairy, the limb apex hairy all over; pistil 16-22 mm long; pollen presenter not fusiform, hairy, 5.5-6.5 mm long, the brush 2.7-3.4 mm long. Cone with persistent scales. Flowers in October or November. Occurs in the South-west (SW) Botanical Province(s), in the Mallee (MAL) or Esperance Plains (ESP) IBRA subregion(s).
Distribution
- IBRA Regions
- Esperance Plains, Mallee.
- IBRA Subregions
- Fitzgerald, Western Mallee.
- IMCRA Regions
- WA South Coast.
- Local Government Areas (LGAs)
- Albany, Jerramungup, Ravensthorpe.