Ptilotus schwartzii explained

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

Distribution

Ptilotus scwartzii is endemic to Australia and found in Western Australia, South Australia, the Northern Territory, and Queensland.^[1]

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.

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^[2] Ralph Tate raised it to species rank in his 1989 census, with it thereby becoming Ptilotus schwartzii.^[3]

External links

• Ptilotus schwartzii occurrence data from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Notes and References

1. Web site: Partners.
2. 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.
3. 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.