Family: Amaranthaceae
Ptilotus nobilis var. nobilis
Synonymy: T. densum Cunn. ex Moq. in A. DC., Prod 13, 2:289 (1849).
Common name: Regal fox tail.
Description:
Robust plants with shoots spreading from a deep fusiform root-stock, stems simple or corymbosely branched upwards; leaves fleshy, varying in shape from broad-obovate to elliptic and spathulate, upper ones subsessile, more or less reduced.
Spikes subconical lengthening to cylindrical, dense-flowered with 200 flowers and more, creamy when young.
| Ptilotus nobilis var. nobilis twig and flower.
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Image source: fig 186a in Jessop J.P. & Toelken H.R. (Ed.) 1986. Flora of South Australia (4th edn).
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Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 288.
Distribution:
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All mainland States.
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Flowering time: all through the year, principally Aug. — Nov.
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Biology:
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Author:
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