Ptilotus manglesii

Location & distribution maps

Phylogeny & links to associated information:

Wikipedia links:       Angiosperms > Eudicots > Rosids  >  Basal Rosids  >

Other links:     

Plant  information

Common name:                Mulla Mulla  (Noongar name)

• Pom Poms

Conservation status:  unknown

Etymology:   

Flowers:                  

• It flowers between September and January producing pink flowers

Fruit:                         

Leaves:         

Stem & branches: 

Roots:         

Habit:        

• The herb has a prostrate to ascending habit 

• Typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.3 m

Habitat:   

• Grows in sandy or gravelly soils

Distribution:                  

• Native to Western Australia

• From the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel and South West regions 

Additional notes:     

• Taxonomy

  • The species was first described by the botanist Robert Brown in 1810 as Trichinium macrocephalum in Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae,

  • It was renamed by John Lindley in 1839 to Trichinium manglesii

  • Reclassified by Ferdinand von Mueller to Ptilotus manglesii in 1868 in the work Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae

Sources of information:

• (2023)