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Ptilotus roei (Benth.) F.Muell.

Reference
Fragm. 8:232-233 (1874)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Prostrate to decumbent herb, to 0.7 m wide. Fl. white-other, Feb or Apr to Oct. Stony clay or loam.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 31 August 1999
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Scientific Description

Perennial herbs, stems several, more or less prostrate, persistently hairy or glabrescent, with stellate hairs. Leaves present, 6-50 mm long, 4-35 mm wide, glabrescent, with stellate hairs; basal rosette present; cauline leaves alternate. Spikes white or brown, ovoid or cylindrical, clustered, with densely arranged flowers. Bracts 2.3-3.2 mm long, coloured, hairy, not awned or mucronate, with an obscure or a prominent midrib. Bracteoles 3.2-4.2 mm long, coloured, hairy, awned or mucronate, with a prominent midrib. Outer tepals 4.9-6.5 mm long, entire. Inner tepals 4.7-6.3 mm long, with a basal tuft of hairs on inner face. Style 2-2.3 mm long, straight, centrally fixed to ovary. Distribution: Eremaean Botanical Region; IBRA regions: Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.

R. Davis, 30 April 2019

Distribution

IBRA Regions
Gascoyne, Little Sandy Desert, Murchison, Pilbara, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Ashburton, Augustus, Carnegie, Chichester, Eastern Murchison, Fortescue, Hamersley, Tallering, Trainor, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Ashburton, Cue, East Pilbara, Leonora, Meekatharra, Murchison, Sandstone, Upper Gascoyne, Wiluna.