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Ptilotus nobilis
Also called Yellow Tails
Ptilotus nobilis, commonly known as yellowtails, regal foxtail or tall mulla mulla, is an annual or short-lived perennial herb of the family Amaranthaceae and is found in arid areas of all mainland states and the Northern Territory of Australia. It is deeply taprooted, with egg-shaped to lance-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and cylindrical spikes of yellowish green or creamy-green flowers.
This species of Ptilotus grows in open shrublands, grasslands, open stony plains, gravelly ranges, hills or rises, in fine-textured, loamy, clayey or rocky, sandy soils in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, Queensland, the slopes and western plains of New South Wales, and Victoria.
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 nobilis 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.
