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Ptilotus modestus
About
Ptilotus modestus, commonly known as paper foxtail is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to eastern continental Australia. It is an erect annual or short-lived perennial herb, with lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant, more or less sessile stem leaves, and oval to hemispherical spikes of green flowers.
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Ptilotus modestus
- Slug
- ptilotus-modestus
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Amaranthaceae
- Genus
- Ptilotus
- Species
- modestus
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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