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Electronic Flora of South Australia infraspecific Fact Sheet

Family: Amaranthaceae
Ptilotus parvifolius var. parvifolius

Synonymy: Not Applicable

Common name: None

Description:
Young stems and branchlets pruinose; leaves ovate-lanceolate to spathulate, to 16 x 8 mm, bluish-green to greyish, often clustered; bracts to 6 mm long, lustrous; dorsal vestiture covering the perianth-segments, inner segments internally with a woolly beard; cupule densely pilose.

image of FSA1_Ptilotus_par_par.jpg Ptilotus parvifolius var. parvifolius twig, flower, inner perianth- segment, staminal cup and pistil.
Image source: fig 186b in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).

Distribution:    W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld.

Flowering time: throughout the year, mainly July — Jan.

Biology: No text

Author: Not yet available


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