Skip to main content

Service Notice

The Western Australian Herbarium’s collections management system and census were set to read-only mode on 1 October 2025. Taxonomic updates published since this time are not being reflected in Florabase, herbarium collections, or Western Australia’s taxonomic names census (Nomos). Conservation listings displayed on Florabase may also be out of date. Please refer to DBCA’s Threatened species and communities webpage for the most recent Threatened and Priority Flora List, noting that recent taxonomic updates are similarly not included. Our database migration is moving to a staging phase. We thank you for your patience as we ensure the integrity of our biodiversity data, develop new workflows, and train staff to use the new systems. Please reach out to us if you have any questions or concerns.

The notice period started at 12:00 pm on Wednesday, 1 October 2025 +08:00 and will end at 12:00 pm on Friday, 1 January 2027 +08:00.

Advanced Search

Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir.

Reference
Lam., Encycl. Suppl.4:620 (1816)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Procumbent perennial, herb, 0.01-0.25 m high. Fl. green-cream-yellow, Aug to Oct. Clay loam, sand, granite, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999
Image

Scientific Description

Perennial herbs, stems several, more or less prostrate, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with verticillate hairs. Leaves present, (8-)19-100 mm long, 2-12 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose or verticillate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes green, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 5.2-7 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 4.5-5.6 mm long, colourless, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 8-12.5 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 8-12 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.5-2.1 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Distribution: South West and Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Coolgardie.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Geraldton Hills, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Mardabilla, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Mallee.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Bruce Rock, Carnamah, Chapman Valley, Coolgardie, Corrigin, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dalwallinu, Dowerin, Dumbleyung, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Goomalling, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kondinin, Koorda, Kulin, Lake Grace, Merredin, Mingenew, Moora, Mount Marshall, Mukinbudin, Narembeen, Narrogin, Northam, Nungarin, Perenjori, Pingelly, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Toodyay, Trayning, Victoria Plains, Wagin, Westonia, Wickepin, Wongan-Ballidu, Wyalkatchem, Yalgoo, Yilgarn, York.