Ptilotus schwartzii

Ptilotus schwartzii is a grass-like plant in the Amaranthaceae family.[1]

Ptilotus schwartzii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species:
P. schwartzii
Binomial name
Ptilotus schwartzii
Synonyms[3]

Ptilotus fraseri var. schwartzii F.Muell.
Ptilotus schwartzii f. elongatus Benl
Trichinium schwartzii (F.Muell.) Farmar

Distribution

Ptilotus scwartzii is endemic to Australia and found in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.[4]

Description

It is perennial herb, which grows from 0.2 to 1 m high, on sand or sandy clay. Its stems are slender, wiry and a dull blue-green in colour. It flowers from March to October with white- pink-purple flowers. It is found near streams on sandplains.[5]

Taxonomy

It was first described in 1888 by Ferdinand von Mueller as Ptilotus fraseri var. schwartzii, who described it from a specimen collected near the McDonnell Ranges by the Reverend Mr Schwartz[1][6] Ralph Tate raised it to species rank in his 1989 census, with it thereby becoming Ptilotus schwartzii.[1][2]

References
  1. "Ptilotus schwartzii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. Tate, R. (1889). "A Census of the indigenous flowering plants and vascular cryptogams of extra-tropical South Australia". Transactions, Proceedings and Report, Royal Society of South Australia. 12: 82.
  3. "Ptilotus schwartzii (F.Muell.) Tate | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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  5. "Ptilotus schwartzii". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  6. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1888). "Descriptions of two hitherto unrecorded west Australian plants". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Series 2. 3: 163.
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