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Ptilotus alexandri is a small annual herb from the sand dunes of far western Western Australia, grown for its pink flower spikes. It is an ephemeral desert plant, so it needs sandy, free-draining soil and sun, and it sets seed and dies within one season.
Ptilotus alexandri is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the far west of Western Australia. It is an erect, annual herb with spatula-shaped leaves, spikes of pink flowers and glossy black seeds.
Ptilotus alexandri grows in sand on sand dunes in the Carnarvon and Yalgoo bioregions of far western Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ptilotus alexandri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
