Ptilotus chrysocomus R.W.Davis
Nuytsia 15:221-224,Fig.1 (2004)
Conservation Code:
Priority One
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Tuesday 5 August 2008
Compact, perenial, woody shrub, to 1 m high, leaves bunched at shoots, oblanceolate, 3-10 mm long, 0.5-1 mm long; spikes yellow, ovoid-orbicular, 6-12 mm long, 6-10 mm wide; bracts 0.8-1 mm long; bracteoles 1.8-2.2 mm long; tepals 3.4-4 mm long; 5 fertile stamens; ovary glabrous, style 1.4-1.8 mm long, sigmoid, centrally fixed to ovary. Fl. yellow, Aug to Sep. Brown sandy clays. Bases of breakaways, rocky scree slopes. Distribution: Eremaean. GAS and MUR.
