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

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

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. 1 2 3 4 "Ptilotus schwartzii". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government. Retrieved 1 November 2020.
  2. 1 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.
  4. ↑ "Partners".
  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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