Ptilotus schwartzii - Unknown
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Internal ID UUID644053c5a639a121403894
Scientific name Ptilotus schwartzii
Authority Tate
First published in Trans. & Proc. Rep. Roy. Soc. South Australia 12: 82 (1889)

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Ptilotus schwartzii is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family, endemic to Australia and found in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. It is a perennial herb, which grows from 0.2 to 1 m high, on sand or sandy clay. Its stems are slender, wiry and a dull blue-green in colour. It flowers from March to October with white- pink-purple flowers. It was first described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Ptilotus fraseri var. schwartzii, and raised to species rank by Reverend Mr Schwartz Ralph Tate in 1989. It is found near streams on sandplains.

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Ptilotus fraseri var. schwartzii F.Muell. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales n. ser., 3 1888

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  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • South Australia
      • Western Australia

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World Flora Online wfo-0001220468
Tropicos 50004617
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61307-1
The Plant List tro-50004617
Open Tree Of Life 90133
NCBI Taxonomy 400496
IPNI 61307-1
iNaturalist 709606
GBIF 7323218
Wikipedia Ptilotus_schwartzii

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