Ptilotus leucocoma
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| Ptilotus leucocoma | |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. leucocoma |
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| Ptilotus leucocoma | |
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Ptilotus leucocoma, commonly known as small purple foxtail [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to inland eastern Australia. It is a spreading perennial herb with linear stem leaves and cylindrical spikes of deep red to purple flowers.
Ptilotus leucocoma is a spreading perennial herb that typically grows to a height of about 30 cm (12 in). Its stems leaves are linear, 10–30 mm (0.39–1.18 in) long. The flowers purple and arranged in cylindrical spikes 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) long and about 10 mm (0.39 in) wide, each flower with perianth segments 5–6 mm (0.20–0.24 in) long, the outer surface covered with soft hairs and the inner surface with woolly hairs at the base but glabrous above. There are 5 stamens and the ovary is stalked and glabrous.[2][3]