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Ptilotus indivisus

Ptilotus indivisus
Photo: Murray Fagg, CC BY 3.0
Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
Western Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ptilotus humilis, commonly known as tangled silver-tails, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the New South Wales, Australia. It is a straggly perennial herb with lance-shaped leaves and cylindrical spikes of whitish grey flowers with a faint, purplish tinge.

Where it grows

Ptilotus humilis is known from only four specimens, all from the Mudgee and Parkes districts.

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 indivisus 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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