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Ptilotus lazaridis

Ptilotus lazaridis is a small perennial herb or shrub from inland northern Western Australia, growing up to about 60 cm with pink or magenta flower spikes. It is a native of arid clay floodplains and is rarely grown, so care is best matched to dry, sunny, well-drained conditions.

Family
Amaranthaceae (Amaranth & beet family)
Grows as
Shrub, Perennial
Light
Full sun
Water
Water sparingly and let the soil dry out between waterings; it tolerates drought.
Soil
Well-drained, sandy or clay loam mix; it naturally grows on clay loam floodplains.
Temperature
Tolerates hot, arid conditions; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Australia
Climate
desert or dry shrubland

About

Ptilotus lazaridis is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to northern inland Western Australia. It is a perennial herb or shrub with linear to lance-shaped stem leaves, and hemispherical spikes of pink or magenta flowers.

Where it grows

This species of Ptilotus grows in clay loam on flodplains in the Gascoyne and Murchison bioregions of inland north-western

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 lazaridis 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.

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