Ptilotus xerophilus
Erect annual herb with fleshy taproot, 20–120 cm high, often occurring en masse. Inflorescences are creamish-green, rarely with a pinkish flush. The flowers of this species are conspicuously sweetly scented at night, to attract night-flying moths.
Occurs throughout arid regions of Western Australia, Northern Territory and in northern South Australia, western Queensland and north-western New South Wales, typically on plains with clayey or loamy soils and often in open mulga shrublands.
Ptilotus xerophilus is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Ptilotus xerophilus Scientific name
- Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-Invasive
- 517.2m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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