Petrophile pulchella

Conesticks
	Blackheath, Australia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Proteales
Family:	Proteaceae
Genus:	Petrophile
Species:	P. pulchella
Binomial name
	Petrophile pulchella; (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) R.Br.
Synonyms
	List Protea pulchella Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.; Petrophile pulchella (Schrad. & J.C.Wendl.) R.Br. var. pulchella; Petrophile pulchella var. typica Domin nom. inval.; Protea fucifolia Salisb.; Protea dichotoma Cav.; Petrophile fucifolia (Salisb.) Knight; Atylus fucifolia B.D.Jacks. nom. inval., pro syn.; ;

Petrophile pulchella, commonly known as conesticks, is a common shrub of the family Proteaceae and is found in 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. Conesticks grows on shallow sandstone soils, often in open forest or heathlands near the coast. It is also occasionally seen on the adjacent ranges.