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Hairy heads or hairy tails
Ptilotus erubescens
About
Ptilotus erubescens, commonly known as hairy heads or hairy tails, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is an erect, hairy perennial plant with linear to broadly linear stem leaves and white, grey or pink-tinged, spherical or oval spikes of flowers.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ptilotus erubescens
- Slug
- ptilotus-erubescens
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Ptilotus
- Species
- erubescens
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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