Ptilotus manglesii

Ptilotus manglesii
In John Forrest National Park
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Amaranthaceae
Genus: Ptilotus
Species:
P. manglesii
Binomial name
Ptilotus manglesii
Synonyms
  • Trichinium manglesii Lindl.
  • Trichinium manglesii var. angustifolium Moq.
  • Trichinium spectabile Fielding & Gardner
  • Trichinium macrocephalum auct. non R.Br.: Nees von Esenbeck, C.G.D. in Lehmann, J.G.C. (ed.) (1845)

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.

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