Ptilotus eriotrichus

Ptilotus eriotrichus
About 40 km (25 mi) north-east of Wubin
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species:
P. eriotrichus
Binomial name
Ptilotus eriotrichus
Synonyms
  • Ptilotus eriostrichus W.Fitzg. orth. var.
  • Ptilotus eriotrichus W.Fitzg. nom. illeg.
  • Ptilotus eriotrichus Benl nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Ptilotus eriotrichus J.W.Green nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Ptilotus eriotrichus J.W.Green nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Ptilotus eriotrichus J.W.Green nom. inval., nom. nud.
  • Trichinium eriotrichum W.Fitzg. ex Ewart & Jean White

Ptilotus eriotrichus is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a prostrate to erect or scrambling shrub with wiry stems, egg-shaped to lance-shaped stem leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and white, oval, hemispherical or cylindrical spikes of flowers.