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Ptilotus marduguru Benl

Reference
Nuytsia 3:157-161 (1980)
Conservation Code
Priority Two
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Ascending perennial, herb, to 0.7 m high. Fl. green-white-cream, Apr to Jun. Rocky slopes of sandstone hills & gorge.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 8 May 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrubs, stems several, more or less erect, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 25-60 mm long, 18-35 mm wide, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes white, cylindrical, solitary, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 3.3-3.6 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 3.7-4 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 7.7-8.1 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 7-7.8 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 3.2 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Great Sandy Desert.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Great Sandy Desert.
IBRA Subregions
McLarty.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Halls Creek.