Ptilotus auriculifolius
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| Internal ID | UUID644053c575524319437119 |
| Scientific name | Ptilotus auriculifolius |
| Authority | F.Muell. |
| First published in | Syst. Census Austral. Pl. : 28 (1882) |
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Description
Ptilotus auriculifolius is an erect, annual herb, growing up to 40 cm tall. Its leaves are ovate to lanceolate, with a pointed tip, and are up to 5 cm long and 2 cm wide. Its flowers are small, yellow or white, and are arranged in a spike-like inflorescence.
Ptilotus auriculifolius is an herb in the Amaranthaceae family, found only in Western Australia in the IBRA regions of Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, and the Pilbara. It was first described in 1849 by Alfred Moquin-Tandon as Trichinium auriculifolium, but was redescribed in 1882 by Ferdinand von Mueller as belonging to the genus, Ptilotus. It is an erect, annual herb, growing up to 40 cm tall, with ovate to lanceolate leaves up to 5 cm long and 2 cm wide, and small, yellow or white flowers arranged in a spike-like inflorescence.
Ptilotus auriculifolius is an erect, annual herb, growing up to 40 cm tall. Its leaves are ovate to lanceolate, with a pointed tip, and are up to 5 cm long and 2 cm wide. Its flowers are small, yellow or white, and are arranged in a spike-like inflorescence.
Ptilotus auriculifolius is an herb in the Amaranthaceae family, found only in Western Australia in the IBRA regions of Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Little Sandy Desert, and the Pilbara. It was first described in 1849 by Alfred Moquin-Tandon as Trichinium auriculifolium, but was redescribed in 1882 by Ferdinand von Mueller as belonging to the genus, Ptilotus. It is an erect, annual herb, growing up to 40 cm tall, with ovate to lanceolate leaves up to 5 cm long and 2 cm wide, and small, yellow or white flowers arranged in a spike-like inflorescence.
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| Scientific name | Authority | First published in |
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| Trichinium auriculifolium | A.Cunn. ex Moq. | Prodr. 13(2): 287 (1849) |
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Suggest others/fix!| Database | ID/link to page |
|---|---|
| World Flora Online | wfo-0001220455 |
| Tropicos | 50004565 |
| KEW | urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61212-1 |
| The Plant List | tro-50004565 |
| Open Tree Of Life | 5919841 |
| NCBI Taxonomy | 1706748 |
| IPNI | 61212-1 |
| iNaturalist | 972964 |
| GBIF | 5547867 |
| Wikipedia | Ptilotus_auriculifolius |
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