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Ptilotus obovatus
Also called Prince Of Wales Feather, Cottonbush, Silver Tails
Ptilotus obovatus, commonly known as smoke bush, silver bush, silver tails or cotton bush, is a spreading or rounded, much-branched perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Amaranthaceae and is found in arid areas of all mainland states and the Northern Territory of Australia. Its stems and leaves are densely hairy, the leaves sessile and egg-shaped or elliptic, and the flowers arranged in short spikes with a hairy, pink or purplish perianth.
Smoke bush is widely distributed and common in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland but is rare and "endangered" in Victoria under that state's Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ptilotus obovatus 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.
