Ptilotus manglesii (Pom Poms)
Ptilotus manglesii, commonly known as pom poms is a herb native to Western Australia. The Noongar name for the plant is mulla mulla.
The herb has a prostrate to ascending habit and typically grows to a height of 0.05 to 0.3 metres (0.2 to 1.0 ft). It flowers between September and January producing pink flowers. It has a distribution from the Mid West, Wheatbelt, Peel and South West regions where it grows in sandy or gravelly soils.
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.
Ptilotus manglesii is listed in the following regions:
Species information
- Ptilotus manglesii Scientific name
- Pom Poms Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- 224.37m Recorded at altitude
- Machine learning
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In flower
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Location information
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Maps
John Forrest National Park -
Places
Hovea, WA
