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Ptilotus rotundifolius
Royal mulla mulla is a shrub from north-west Western Australia, grown for its pink or purple flower spikes. It needs full sun, excellent drainage and very little water once established.
Ptilotus rotundifolius, commonly known as royal mulla mulla, is a species of flowering plant of the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the north-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with hairy stem leaves and spikes of pink flowers.
This species of Ptilotus grows in stony soils on rocky hills and rises in the Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison and Pilbara bioregions of north western Western Australia.
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 rotundifolius 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.
