sentences:  Flowering occurs from May to July and the follicles are egg-shaped, long and hairy.This species was first formally described in 1810 by Robert Brown who gave it the name "Dryandra mucronulata" and published the description in "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London".The specific epithet ("mucronulata") is a latinization of mucronulate, referring to the small point on the tip of the leaf lobes.