Ptilotus xerophilus

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Family Amaranthaceae

Taxonomy: Ptilotus xerophilus T.Hammer & R.W.Davis

Misapplied names: 1 (APC 2026-07-30)

Ptilotus macrocephalus (R.Br.) Poir. (pro parte misapplied)

Distribution (APC): WA, NT, SA, Qld, NSW

Profiles: APC, Flora of Australia, ALA, iNaturalist, NSW Flora, NT eFlora, SA eFlora, Florabase, ATRP

Traits

Top source datasets: Draper_2023 (3), NTH_2022 (4), NTH_2023 (14), Nano_2011 (2). See below for a full list of sources.
Summary: AusTraits contains 19 traits from 23 records in 4 datasets.

Traits by category (click to expand). For categorical traits, the values are listed. For numerical traits, the mean and range are shown.

fire response

resprouting_capacity (categorical): fire_killed (1) [sources: Nano_2011]

fruit morphology

fruit_length (numerical): 2.85 mm (2.6-3.1 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_width (numerical): 1.8 mm (1.5-2.1 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_type (categorical): utricle (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
fruit_dehiscence (categorical): indehiscent (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

leaf morphology

leaf_length (numerical): 80 mm (40-120 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_width (numerical): 8 mm (3-13 mm) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_shape (categorical): lanceolate (1); linear (1); narrowly_elliptical (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
leaf_phyllotaxis (categorical): alternate (1) [sources: NTH_2023]
plant_photosynthetic_organ (categorical): leaf (1) [sources: NTH_2023]

life history

plant_growth_form (categorical): herb (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
life_history (categorical): annual (1); short_lived_perennial (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
woodiness_detailed (categorical): herbaceous (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
stem_growth_habit (categorical): erect (1) [sources: NTH_2022]
pollination_syndrome (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersal_syndrome (categorical): anemochory (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
dispersers (categorical): wind (1) [sources: Draper_2023]
bud_bank_location (categorical): none (1) [sources: Nano_2011]

whole plant morphology

plant_height (numerical): 0.8 m (0.8-0.8 m) [sources: NTH_2023]

Sources

dataset_id	n_traits	n_records	reference
NTH_2023	10	14	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
NTH_2022	4	4	D. of Land Resource Management and N. T. of Australia. Northern Territory Flora Online. accessed on 6 May, 2022.. 2022. url: http://eflora.nt.gov.au/.
Draper_2023	3	3	J. T. Draper, S. Delean, J. G. Conran, P. Weinstein, and B. S. Simpson. “Life-history characteristics and climate correlates of dioecious plant species in central southern Australia”. Australian Journal of Botany unknown.unknown (2023), p. unknown. doi: 10.1071/BT22110.
Nano_2011	2	2	C. E. M. Nano and P. J. Clarke. “How do drought and fire influence the patterns of resprouting in Australian deserts?”. Plant Ecology 212 (2011), pp. 2095-2110. doi: 10.1007/s11258-011-9988-x.