Ptilotus helipteroides
| Ptilotus helipteroides | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Amaranthaceae |
| Genus: | Ptilotus |
| Species: | P. helipteroides
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| Binomial name | |
| Ptilotus helipteroides (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
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Ptilotus helipteroides, commonly known as hairy mulla mulla or woolly tails, is a species of flowering plant in the family Amaranthaceae and is endemic to arid parts of Australia. It is an erect to ascending annual herb, with sessile, linear, elliptic or lance-shaped leaves and oval, cylindrical or hemispherical pink or magenta spikes of flowers.