Ptilotus beardii Benl
Low Mulla Mulla
Nuytsia 2:345-349 (1979)
Conservation Code:
Priority Three
Naturalised Status: Native to Western Australia
Name Status:
Current
Brief Description
Amanda Spooner,
Monday 23 June 2008
Compact, perennial shrub, 0.15-0.5 m high, leaves linear, 2-10 mm long, 0.5-3 mm wide; spike pink, hemispherical, 15-30 mm long, 20-40 mm wide, 5-8 -flowered; tepals 14-17 mm long; 2 fertile stamens, staminodes 3; ovary glabrous; style slightly curved, 9.9-11.1 mm long, eccentrically fixed to ovary. Fl. pink-red, Aug to Oct. Clayey soils. Saline flats, low breakaways. Distribution: Eremaean. MUR and YAL.
