Ptilotus comatus
| Ptilotus comatus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. comatus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus comatus Benl | |
Ptilotus comatus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the north of the Northern Territory. It is an ephemeral herb, with more or less sessile, narrowly linear to narrowly elliptic and hairy leaves, and cylindrical spikes of sometimes more than 80 reddish-purple flowers.