Ptilotus actinocladus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis

Scientific Description

Annuals, stems several, more or less prostrate, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, 4-15 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs; basal rosette absent; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes pink, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 2.4-2.8 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles 3-3.3 mm long, colourless, glabrous, awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Outer tepals 4.5-5 mm long, not entire. Inner tepals 4.4-4.7 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 1.2 mm long, curved, obliquely fixed to ovary. Seeds 1-1.1 mm long, dull, brown. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Murchison.