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Ptilotus latifolius
Ptilotus latifolius, commonly known as tangled mulla mulla or white foxtail, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is an annual or short-lived perennial herb with hairy stems and leaves, egg-shaped leaves and spherical or oval spikes of white flowers.
Tangled mulla mulla grows on sand dunes and stony plains in the Carnarvon, Central Ranges, Dampierland, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Little Sandy Desert and Pilbara bioregions of northern Western Australia, the Burt Plain, Central Ranges, Finke, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, MacDonnell Ranges, Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields and Stony Plains bioregions of the Northern Territory, the Central Ranges, Channel Country, Simpson Strzelecki Dunefields and Stony plains bioregions of north-western South Australia, the south-west of Queensland and the far north-west of New South Wales.
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 latifolius 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.
