Petrophile R.Br. ex Knight
Spikes longer than broad, cone-shaped in fruit. Bracts persistent, woody, opening to release the fruits. Perianth tube splitting to the base Petrophile
Cones terminal (cones may appear axillary due to new growth above fruit), up to 50 mm long, sessile or nearly so. Bracts pubescent at least when young. Perianth silky-pubescent, 12–14 mm long. Leaves 3–10 cm long
Young shoots glabrous or nearly so. Leaf segments erect or ascending but not divaricate and not pungent. Shrub up to 3 m high. Widespread. Heath and DSF, usually on shallow sandy soils over Ss. Fl. spring–summer. Morphological intermediates between this and P. sessilis and P. canescens occur Petrophile pulchella
At least young shoots pubescent