https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/proteaceae/petrophile/multisecta/rss/proteaceae/petrophile/multisectaA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2026 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pnghttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/proteaceae/petrophile/multisecta/rss/proteaceae/petrophile/multisectahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/647+kangaroo-island-cone-sticks-ki-endemichttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/647+kangaroo-island-cone-sticks-ki-endemic<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/647+kangaroo-island-cone-sticks-ki-endemic"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W647__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Densely branched shrub to 60 cm tall. Branchlets densely grey-puberulent. Leaves 4–8 cm long overall; petiole 2–5 cm long; lamina divaricate, terete, rigid, glabrous; first branches trichotomous; later branches dichotomous; pinnae pungent, 2–10 mm long. Inflorescence ovoid to globose, axillary, solitary, sessile, 20–25 mm long; involucral bracts lanceolate, acuminate, glabrous outside, sericeous inside; cone scales broad, circular, prominently acuminate, sericeous, becoming partly glabrous towards tip. Flowers 8–15 mm long, cream, tomentose. Pollen presenter fusiform, 2.5–3.5 mm long, hirsute. Cones ovoid, to 4 cm long. Nuts c. 3 mm long. <br /> Family: Proteaceae &nbsp; Genus: Petrophile &nbsp; Species: multisecta &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Yellow<br />Stephen L (Clare) SASat, 22 Nov 2014 18:27:00 GMT