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Ptilotus royceanus Benl

Reference
J.Roy.Soc.Western Australia 53:1-4, Figs 1, 2 (1970)
Conservation Code
Priority One
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Perennial, herb or shrub, to 0.5 m high. Fl. pink, Apr to Oct. Rocky walls & cliffs.

Grazyna Paczkowska, Descriptive Catalogue, 9 May 1996
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Scientific Description

Shrubs or perennial herbs, stems single or several, more or less erect, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 3-18 mm long, 3-18 mm wide, persistently hairy, with nodose hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink, cylindrical, solitary, with loosely arranged flowers. Bracts 1.4-2 mm long, colourless, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 2-2.3 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Outer tepals 4.2-5.7 mm long, entire or not entire. Inner tepals 4-5.3 mm long, glabrous within. Style 0.9-1.2 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds 1.1-1.3 mm long, glossy, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Central Ranges.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Central Ranges.
IBRA Subregions
Mann-Musgrave Block.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ngaanyatjarraku.