Common name: Longtails, Prince of Wales Feathers
Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. APNI* Synonyms: Trichinium alopecuroideum Lindl. APNI*
Ptilotus alopecuroideus (Lindl.) F.Muell. APNI*
Ptilotus alopecuroides orth. var. F.Muell. APNI*
Ptilotus polystachyus var. polystachyus f. rubriflorus (J.M.Black) Benl APNI*
Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. var. polystachyus APNI*
Description: Perennial herb to 1 m high, stems simple to much branched, shortly hairy at first, becoming glabrous.
Leaves linear or lanceolate, to 10 cm long, 3–6 mm wide, margins undulate.
Inflorescence cylindrical, 4–15 cm long, 2.5–3 cm diam., terminal, yellowish green. Bracts broad-ovate, obtuse or shortly mucronate, glabrous, shining. Perianth segments acute, 12–16 mm long; outer surface hairy, glabrous towards apex; inner surface glabrous. Stamens 3 or 4, staminodes 2 or 1. Ovary glabrous, subsessile.
Distribution and occurrence: Common in drier inland areas.
NSW subdivisions: NWP, SWP, NFWP, SFWP, CWS
Other Australian states: Qld N.T. S.A. W.A.
Text by S. W. L. Jacobs & L. Lapinpuro
Taxon concept:
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