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Club mosses
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Vegetative key to families
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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
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Cones
axillary
, 15–25 mm long, on short peduncles, 10–30 mm long.
Perianth
and bracts
glabrous
. Leaves up to 16 cm long; segments spreading but not
pungent
.
Glabrous
shrub
up to 3 m high. Western Woronora to Robertson Plateau, Blue Mts
Heath
and DSF. Fl. summer
Petrophile pedunculata
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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