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Ptilotus trichocephalus Benl

Reference
Mitt.Bot.Staatssamml.München 29:498-500 (1990)
Conservation Code
Priority Four
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate, spreading perennial, herb. Fl. white, Sep. Sandy soils. Colluvial plains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999
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Scientific Description

Annuals, stems several, more or less prostrate, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, 5-60 mm long, 2-27 mm wide, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green, ovoid, cylindrical or hemispherical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 8-11 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 13-19 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 44-62 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 22-42 mm long, glabrous within. Style 1.1 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.9-2.1 mm long, dull, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Pilbara.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Pilbara.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Hamersley.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Meekatharra, Upper Gascoyne.