Ptilotus

Plant Characteristics
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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Ptilotus in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Trichinium (Greek, hairy, alluding either to the plant in general or to the fl.-heads). Amarantaceae. Herbs, subshrubs or rarely shrubs glabrous or pubescent, adapted to greenhouse cult.: lvs. alternate, narrow, rarely obovate or spatulate, entire: fls. in dense spikes or globose or oblong heads, white, straw-colored or rose, hermaphrodite; perianth narrow or elongate, 5-parted, segms. equal, linear, rigid, usually plumose; stamens 5; ovary sessile or stipitate, glabrous or lanuginous, ovule 1: fr. an indehiscent utricle.—About 60 species, natives of Austral. T. Manglesii, Lindl., is perhaps the choicest species. It has violet-purple fls. in large pyramidal heads 3 in. long and 2 in. wide at base. It could probably be grown as a summer annual. B.M. 5448. F.S. 23:2396. R.H. 1866:291. F. 1864:217. I.H. 13:464. G.C. 1864: 555; III.32:181. G. 25:20. Gn. 68, p. 225. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

Cultivation

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Species include^wp:

Main article: List of Ptilotus species

Ptilotus caespitulosus F.Muell. (Salt Lake Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus calostachyus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (Weeping Mulla Mulla )
Ptilotus clementii (Farmar) Benl (Tassel Top)
Ptilotus declinatus Nees (Curved Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus divaricatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. (Climbing Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus drummondii (Moq.) F.Muell. (Narrowleaf Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus exaltatus Nees (Tall Mulla Mulla, Showy Foxtail)
Ptilotus helipteroides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (Hairy Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus leucocomus (Moq.) F.Muell. ( Small Purple Foxtail)
Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. (Green Pussytails, Featherheads, Tall Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus manglesii (Lindl.) F.Muell (Pom Poms)
Ptilotus nobilis (Lindl.) F.Muell. (Yellowtails, Regal Foxtail)
Ptilotus obovatus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. (Smoke Bush, Cotton Bush, Silver Mulla Mulla, Silver-tails, Silver Bush, White Fox Tail, Goldfield Clover)
Ptilotus polystachyus (Gaudich.) F.Muell. (Prince of Wales Feather)
Ptilotus rotundifolius (F.Muell.) F.Muell. (Royal Mulla Mulla)
Ptilotus spathulatus (R.Br.) Poir. (Pussy Tails)
Ptilotus stirlingii (Lindl.) F.Muell. (Stirling's Mulla Mulla)

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