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Ptilotus stirlingii
Ptilotus stirlingii, commonly known as Stirling's mulla mulla, is a species of flowering plant of the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low-lying or ascending perennial herb that typically grows to a height of up to 30 cm (12 in) and has heads of silvery flowers tinged with pink.
This species was first formally described in 1839 by John Lindley who gave it the name Trichinium stirlingii in the Edwards's botanical register from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony. In 1883, Ferdinand von Mueller transferred the species to Ptilotus as P. stirlingii in his Systematic Census of Australian Plants. The specific epithet (stirlingii) honours James Stirling, the first governor of Western Australia.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ptilotus stirlingii 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.
