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Family: Amaranthaceae
Ptilotus schwartzii

Citation: F. Muell. ex Tate, Trans. R. Soc. S. Aust. 12:82 (1889) var. schwartzii forma schwartzii.

Synonymy: P. fraseri (Cunn. ex Moq.)F. Muell. var schwartzii F. Muell., Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. ser. 2 3:163 (1888); Trichinium fraseri Cunn. ex Moq var. schwartzii F. Muell. ex J. Black, Fl. S. Aust 211 (1924); T. schwartzii (F. Muell. ex Tate) Farmar Bull. Herb. Boiss. sér. 2, 5:1087 (1905). , Ptilotus schwartzii

Common name: None

Description:
Stems to 1 m tall, branched to a diffuse panicle; leaves narrow-linear to acicular, basal ones to 4 cm long, all deciduous with age.

Spikes apically rounded, 1.2-1.5 cm diam., rarely elongated to c. 3 cm, purplish to grey-pink; bract and bracteoles puberulent; perianth-segments with dorsal straight hairs leaving apices of the outer segments visible, inner ones woolly-bearded inside; stamens mostly all perfect, occasionally 1 or 2 sterile, cup flat with intervening ciliate to fimbriate lobes; ovary hairy at the summit; style central.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: NW.   W.Aust.; N.T.; Qld.

Conservation status: native

Flowering time: Flowers May — Sept.


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