Petrophile pulchella

Conesticks
Blackheath, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Proteales
Family: Proteaceae
Genus: Petrophile
Species:
P. pulchella
Binomial name
Petrophile pulchella
Synonyms
List
    • Protea pulchella Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.
    • Petrophile pulchella (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) R.Br. var. pulchella
    • Petrophile pulchella var. typica Domin nom. inval.
    • Protea fucifolia Salisb.
    • Protea dichotoma Cav.
    • Petrophile fucifolia (Salisb.) Knight
    • Atylus fucifolia B.D.Jacks. nom. inval., pro syn.

Petrophile pulchella, commonly known as conesticks, is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. The leaves are divided with needle-shaped but soft pinnae, the flowers silky-hairy, cream-coloured and arranged in oval heads and the fruit are arranged in oval heads.

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