Red Pussytail (Ptilotus polystachyus)

Ilparpa Claypans FloraAnnual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii) Apple Bush (Pterocaulon sphacelatum) Buffel Grass (Cenchrus ciliaris) Button grass (Dactyloctenium radulans) Centipeda crateriformis Cyperus sp Goatshead Burr (Sclerolaena bicornis) Golden Everlasting (Xerochrysum bracteatum) Invisible Plant (Siemssenia capillaris) Longtails (Ptilotus polystachyus) Nardoo (Marsilea drummondii) Pink Everlasting (Schoenia cassiniana) Polycarpaea brevifolia Red Pussytail (Ptilotus polystachyus) Schenkia australis Small-Leaf Swainson-Pea (Swainsona microphylla) Tiny Purslane (Calandrinia pumila) Tiny Purslane (White form) Variable Daisy (Brachyscome ciliaris) Wahlenbergia capillaris Yellow Billybutton (Calocephalus platycephalus)

A member of the genus Ptilotus, part of the flowering group of plants known commonly as Mulla Mullas, the Red Pussytail (Ptilotus polystachyus) is the red form of the more common pale green-yellow Long Tails. Red Pussytail is the local common name for this variant of the Long Tail.

An erect, sometimes sprawling herb that can grow up to 2 metres high, the plant is characterised by its flower spikes, that start off short and extend into a long narrow cylinder shape.

The following were found growing among the more predominate Longtails at the Ilparpa Claypans.

Check out our Flora section on the Ptilotus, the Longtails and the Red Pussytail.

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