Yellow Tails

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Ptilotus nobilis subsp. nobilis

Robust upright plant to 40 cm with deep taproots. Thick fleshy leaves with undulating edge. Large fluffy pink or greenish flowerheads covered in dense soft yellow hairs.

Details
Flora Type
Herbs
Other Common Names
Tall Mulla Mulla
Distinctive Features

Has a delicate perfume.
Biology

Annual or perennial. In SA coastal areas and semi-arid habitats. In Vic clay soils in Eucalypus largiflorens woodland.
Native Status
Native
Flowering Time

Aug-Dec
Taxonomy
Phylum
Tracheophyta (Vascular Plants)
Class
Magnoliopsida (Flowering Plants)
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Ptilotus
Species
nobilis

Source: Atlas of Living Australia

From the Greek ptilotos = feathery, referring to the fluffy flowerheads.

Interesting Facts
Native Status
Native