Ptilotus manglesii
Ptilotus manglesii, commonly known as pom poms, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a perennial herb with low-lying, prostrate or rarely erect stems, spatula-shaped to lance-shaped leaves at the base of the plant and lance-shaped to egg-shaped stem leaves, and oval to cylindrical spikes of pink or magenta flowers. The Noongar name for the plant is mulla mulla.
Description
Ptilotus manglesii is a perennial herb high and wide, with terete, low-lying, prostrate or rarely erect stems long.The leaves at the base of the plant are spatula-shaped to lance-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, long and wide, the stem leaves lance-shaped to egg-shaped, long and wide. The flowers are pink or magenta and arranged in oval or cylindrical spikes long and wide. There are egg-shaped to lance-shaped bracts long and similar bracteoles long. The outer sepals are lance-shaped long, the inner sepals lance-shaped and more or less downcurved, long. There are three to five stamens and up to two staminodes, the style is curved, long and fixed to the side of the ovary and the seed is dull brown, about long and wide. Flowering occurs from September to December or January.