Ptilotus helipteroides

Ptilotus helipteroides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species:
P. helipteroides
Binomial name
Ptilotus helipteroides
(F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Synonyms
  • Ptilotus helipteroides (F.Muell.) F.Muell. var. helipteroides
  • Trichinium brachytrichum F.Muell.
  • Trichinium helipteroides F.Muell.
  • Trichinium helipteroides F.Muell. var. helipteroides

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.