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Ptilotus pyramidatus (Moq.) F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. (Mueller) 6:230 (1868)
Conservation Code
Threatened
A taxon name retains its ‘Threatened’ status until a new name has been officially endorsed and appears in the Gazettal Notice.
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Small herb. Fl. white.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999

Scientific Description

Perennial herbs, stems single, more or less erect, glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, (3-)5-6 mm long, 8-30 mm wide, glabrous; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink, cylindrical, solitary, with loosely arranged or densely arranged flowers. Bracts 5-5.5 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 5.9-6.5 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Outer tepals 10.5-11.5 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 9.5-10.5 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.8-2.2 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain.
IBRA Subregions
Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Gosnells, Plantagenet.