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Ptilotus eriotrichus

Ptilotus eriotrichus
Photo: Timothy Hammer, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ptilotus eriotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a

prostrate to erect or scrambling shrub with wiry stems, egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and white, oval, hemispherical or cylindrical spikes of flowers.

Where it grows

This species of Ptilotus grows in red sand or clay is found in the Avon Wheatbelt and Geraldton Sandplains bioregions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Ptilotus plants

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 eriotrichus 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.

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