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Ptilotus gomphrenoides Benth.

Reference
Fl.Austral. 5:244 (1870)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, decumbent or prostrate annual, herb, (0.01-)0.1-0.4 m high. Fl. pink-purple-white, Mar or May or Jul to Sep. Sand, loam, clay, laterite.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999
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Scientific Description

Annuals, stems several, more or less prostrate, glabrescent or glabrous, with nodose hairs. Leaves present, (4-)8-40 mm long, 1-5 mm wide, glabrous; basal rosette present; cauline leaves opposite or alternate. Spikes pink or magenta, ovoid or cylindrical, solitary or clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts (1.4-)1.5-1.8 mm long, colourless, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure midrib. Bracteoles (1.6-)1.8-2.4 mm long, colourless, glabrous, not awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals (2.5-)3.3-4.4 mm long, entire. Inner tepals (2.3-)2.8-4 mm long, glabrous within. Style 0.3-0.4(-0.5) mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Seeds (0.9-)1.1-1.2 mm long, glossy, black. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Carnarvon, Gascoyne, Gibson Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Tanami.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Cape Range, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Lateritic Plain, Roebourne, Tanami Desert, Western Murchison, Wooramel.
IMCRA Regions
Pilbara (nearshore).
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Carnarvon, Cue, East Pilbara, Exmouth, Halls Creek, Karratha, Meekatharra, Port Hedland, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.