Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (29).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (27).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (31).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (28).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (24).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (26).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (23).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (25).JPG
Ptilotus polystachyus, Davidson, C 13422B--Australia. W.A. Green Head-Coorow Rd. 24 Oct 2016. DSC04840 (30).JPG
Native to New South Wales, Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia; introduced into Germany (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.
Location
Australia, Western Australia (Perth, Kenwick)
-32.031056, 115.970861
Location Remarks
Brixton Street Wetlands (Nature Reserve), in Kenwick, an eastern suburb of Perth. 8 m elev.
Collectors
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Magnoliopsida
Order
Caryophyllales
Family
Amaranthaceae
Genus
Ptilotus
Specific Epithet
polystachyus
Authorship
(Gaudich.) F.Muell.
What is EDGE?
Evolutionary distinctiveness
Lower
ED 1.7
Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.
Threat status
Modelled estimate
EDGE score
0.1
Global rank
#239,232 of 335,497
Top 72%
Extinction probability
9%
