Ptilotus rotundifolius
Ptilotus rotundifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. is a pink-flowered species of shrub in the genus Ptilotus R.Br. (Amaranthaceae). It is commonly known as "royal mulla mulla". It is native to the Gascoyne, Murchison and Pilbara IBRA regions of Western Australia.[2]
A flowering spike of Ptilotus rotundifolius
| Ptilotus rotundifolius | |
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| Royal mulla mulla near Tom Price, Western Australia | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. rotundifolius |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus rotundifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Trichinium rotundifolium F.Muell.[1] | |
References
- F.J.H von Mueller (1868). "Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae". 6: 230. Retrieved 2017-01-28. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Ptilotus rotundifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Royal Mulla Mulla". FloraBase. Western Australian Herbarium. 9 May 1996. Retrieved 28 January 2017.
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