This native shrub is commonly known as conesticks.
Petrophile shirleyae is described as a "dicot" in the Proteaceae family.
In the Queensland Nature Conservation Act it is classified as Least Concern. Under the Federal Environment Protection Biodiversity Conservation Act it is not classified.
It has been recorded in the Wide Bay district in the Queensland Herbarium Census and is listed as occurring in the Fraser Coast region in Queensland Herbarium Wildlife Online.
Reported at 16 Fraser Coast localities: Beelbi Creek, Boonooroo Plains, Burrum Heads, Dundowran, K'gari, Pacific Haven, Poona, Prawle, Susan River, Talegalla Weir, Tinnanbar, Tuan Forest, Urangan, Walliebum, Walligan, Wondunna.
Fraser Coast distribution based on unverified field reports.
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