Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. in Schultes, J.A. & Schultes, J.H. (ed.) (1827), Mantissa in Volumen ... Systematis Vegetabilium 3: 262 [tax. nov.]

• Type: "Sieber Herb. nov. Holl. Nro. 21."

Mueller, F.J.H. von (1882), Systematic Census of Australian Plants: 65 [secondary reference]

Dixon, W.A. (1906), The Plants of New South Wales: 166 [secondary reference]

Bailey, F.M. (1913), Comprehensive Catalogue of Queensland Plants: 439 [secondary reference]

Sulman, F. (1913), A Popular Guide to the Wild Flowers of New South Wales 1: 24 [secondary reference]

Domin, K. (1921), Beitrage zur Flora und Pflanzengeographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica 22(89): 578 [basionym]

basionym of: Petrophile pulchella var. sessilis (Sieber ex Schult.) Domin legitimate

Beadle, N.C.W., Evans, O.D. & Carolin, R.C. (1962), Handbook of the Vascular Plants of the Sydney District and Blue Mountains: 180 [secondary reference]

Jacobs, S.W.L. & Pickard, J. (1981), Plants of New South Wales: 182 [secondary reference]

Ross, E.M. in Stanley, T.D. & Ross, E.M. (1986), Proteaceae. Flora of South-eastern Queensland 2: 6 [taxonomic synonym]

taxonomic synonym of: Petrophile canescens A.Cunn. ex R.Br. legitimate

Wrigley, J.W. & Fagg, M. (1989), Banksias, Waratahs & Grevilleas and all other plants in the Australian Proteaceae family: 508 (map) [secondary reference]

common name: prickly conesticks [n/a]

• Etymology: "From Latin, sessilis, sessile or stalkless, referring to the cones."

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (1991), Petrophile. Flora of New South Wales 2: 23 [secondary reference]

Foreman, D.B. in McCarthy, P.M. (ed.) (1995), Petrophile. Flora of Australia 16: 157, Fig. 82, Map 135 [secondary reference]

nomenclatural synonym: Petrophile pulchella var. sessilis (Sieber ex Schult.) Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

Harden, G.J. in Harden, G.J. (ed.) (2002), Petrophile. Flora of New South Wales Revised Edition 2: 23 [secondary reference]

Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria (2014), Australian Plant Census: - APC [secondary reference]

orthographic variant: Petrophila sessilis Schult. orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Petrophila pulchella var. sessilis Domin orth. var. nomenclatural synonym: Petrophile pulchella var. sessilis (Sieber ex Schult.) Domin legitimate

• APC Dist.: NSW

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