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
At least young shoots pubescent
Leaf segments spreading, very divaricate, rigid, ± pungent, glabrescent. Shrub up to 3 m high. Coast and adjacent plateaus in south of the region. DSF and heath. Ss Petrophile sessilis