#ptilotus

[ruthbancroftgarden]

Ptilotus rotundifolius

This little plant is notable for its felted gray leaves and its feathery heads of purplish-pink tubular flowers. It comes from the winter-rainfall region in Western Australia, and it belongs to the Amaranth Family.

-Brian

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Ptilotus exaltatus

05-SEP-2025

Melton Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, Vic

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Cotton Bush (Ptilotus obovatus), shrub occurs throughout arid Australia.

[fatkidtradingcards]

Left to right: Ptilotus exaltatus, P. helipteroides, P. calostachyus, P. auriculifolius, thicc field of fluff. Bothering the botanists until I learn all the Pilbara fluffies 💜💛 #ptilotus #mullamulla #pilbara #westernaustralia #wildflowers (at Pilbara, Western Austrailia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CErB-GLDMVI/?igshid=pjfhn1ejz6rb

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Ptilotus

[diyhomelifestyle]

How to Grow Ptilotus: The Best Drought-Tolerant Pink Flower

Learn how to grow Ptilotus with our expert guide. Discover why this drought-tolerant Pink Mulla Mulla is the perfect low-care garden diva.

[drhoz]

#3205 - Ptilotus exaltatus - Pink Mulla Mulla

Another of the Ptilotus species around Wongan Hills, although this one is better known for having much more exuburant flower heads - they're practically stunted, here. Grown as a drought-tolerant ornamental.

Found in the drier parts of all mainland states, in a variety of habitats, and surprisingly tolerant of high-phosphorus soils. Far more Australian plants suffer from phosphorus toxicity under such conditions.

GSB2024 Wongan Hills - Christmas Rock

[drhoz]

#3204 - Ptilotus spathulatus - Pussy Tails

Named for the feathery flowers and the spoon-shaped leaves.

Another Australian amaranth, found across swathes of the southern states, including Tasmania. Widespread and locally common in drier, semi-fertile plains country, confined to loamy soils of swales and depressions in dune-mallee areas. In this case it was growing in laterite soil. Unlike other better-known Ptilotus, this one stays close to the ground.

GSB2024 Wongan Hills - Rogers Reserve