Citation: Ill. F. Turner (1891) Forage plants of Australia, p. 84; Benl (1967) Austral. Pl. 4:109.

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Bracts c. 4.2 x 2 mm; bracteoles to 5.5 X 3 mm, apiculate, shorter than the perianth which is 5-11 mm long; perianth-segments clothed with copious stiff snow-white hairs more or less obscuring the violet-purple to pink colour, shorter towards the apex; ovary usually hairy around the summit.

	Ptilotus obovatus var. obovatus
Image source: pl. 12left in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:    All mainland States. Flowering time: any time of the year, principally June — Nov.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available