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Ptilotus mitchellii Benl

Reference
Sendtnera 2:25-30,Figs 1,2 (1994)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Straggling shrub, ca 1 m high. Fl. purple/red-brown, Sep to Oct. Hills.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 May 1996
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Scientific Description

Perennial herbs, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 8-40 mm long, 3-15 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes magenta or red, ovoid or cylindrical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3-4 mm long, coloured, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 3.5-3.8 mm long, coloured, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 6-6.5(-7) mm long, entire. Inner tepals 5.9 mm long, glabrous within. Style 2.4 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Upper Gascoyne.