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Ptilotus crinitus, commonly known as long-haired mulla mulla, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the Northern Kimberley region of Western Australia. It is a rounded, ascending perennial herb or subshrub with narrowly lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves, and spikes of greenish flowers with a pink tinge and three stamens.
This species of Ptilotus is only known from the type location where it grows on shallow sand near a beach in woodland with a grassy understorey.
Ptilotus actinocladus · Ptilotus aervoides · Ptilotus albidus · Ptilotus alexandri · Ptilotus andersonii · Ptilotus angustifolius · Leafless Mulla Mulla · Ptilotus appendiculatus · Ptilotus aristatus · Ptilotus arthrolasius · Ptilotus astrolasius · Ptilotus auriculifolius
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ptilotus crinitus by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
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.
