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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Amaranthaceae
Ptilotus parvifolius var. laetus

Citation: Benl, Mitt. Bot. München 7:315 (1970).

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: Shrubby fox tail,

Description:
Stems and branchlets never pruinose; leaves tiny (to 6 X 2.5 mm), lanceolate, moss-green; bracts to c. 4 mm long, inconspicuous; dorsal vestiture of perianth-segments shorter, almost restricted to the median greenish area, glabrous apices c. 2 mm long, inner segments sparsely pilose inside; cupule fimbriate.

Published illustration: Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 288.

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.S.W.

Flowering time: mainly July — Dec.

Biology: Intermediates between the two varieties are known from S.Aust.

Author: Not yet available


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