
Common Name: Pussy-tails
Botanical Name: Ptilotus spathulatus
Family: AMARANTHACEAE
Description:
Low herb with stems along the ground, to 8 cm in diameter. Spoon-shaped, dark green, shiny in a basal rosette. Creamy-yellow with pinkish tips, woolly, egg-shaped to cylindrical spikes. Winter to early autumn.
Low herb with stems along the ground, to 8 cm in diameter. Spoon-shaped, dark green, shiny in a basal rosette. Creamy-yellow with pinkish tips, woolly, egg-shaped to cylindrical spikes. Winter to early autumn.
Natural Distribution:
Common to temperate woodlands, mallee and grasslands in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Common to temperate woodlands, mallee and grasslands in all agricultural districts of SA. Also occurs in WA, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.
Recorded as rare in the Southern Lofty region.


