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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Is it poisonous?
We have no record of Conesticks being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Petrophile pedunculata
- Petrophile shirleyae
- Petrophile canescens
- Isopogon anethifolius
- Petrophile sessilis
- Isopogon dawsonii
Classification
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Proteales
- Family
- Proteaceae
- Genus
- Petrophile
- Species
- Petrophile pulchella
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