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Smoke bush

Ptilotus obovatus

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Ptilotus obovatus, commonly known as smoke bush, silver bush, silver tails or cotton bush, is a spreading or rounded, much-branched perennial shrub or subshrub of the family Amaranthaceae and is found in arid areas of all mainland states and the Northern Territory of Australia. Its stems and leaves are densely hairy, the leaves sessile and egg-shaped or elliptic, and the flowers arranged in short spikes with a hairy, pink or purplish perianth.

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Ecology

How it lives

Propagated by
Seed
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Name
Ptilotus obovatus
Slug
ptilotus-obovatus
Kingdom
Plantae
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Ptilotus
Species
obovatus
Wikidata QID
Q3410312
Propagule type
seed
Container suitable
No
Indoor suitable
No
OSSI pledged
No
Hazard level
1
Data completeness
43

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