About Petrophile squamata R.Br.
Petrophile squamata is an erect shrub that typically reaches a height of 0.3 to 3 meters (1 foot 0 inches to 9 feet 10 inches). Its leaves grow up to 65 millimeters (2.6 inches) long, attached to a petiole that can reach up to 28 millimeters (1.1 inches) in length. The leaves are deeply divided into three sharply-pointed lobes, and these primary lobes often divide further into three to five smaller lobes that measure 3 to 35 millimeters (0.12 to 1.38 inches) long. Flowers are arranged in sessile, oval heads 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long that grow in leaf axils, with small deciduous involucral bracts at the base of each head. The individual flowers are 8 to 10 millimeters (0.31 to 0.39 inches) long, yellow or creamy-yellow in color, and covered in hairs. Flowering occurs mainly from July to December. The fruit is a nut that fuses with other nuts to form a roughly oval head about 16 millimeters (0.63 inches) long. This is a common, widespread species that grows in sandy heath, shrubland, or woodland between Perth and Israelite Bay.
