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Sources used for identification of wildflowers shown on these pages and regions where they occur see Credits

These pages will feature some of the wildflowers I have photographed in Western Australia, and where possible, identified. If you are able to help identify further flowers, or correct any I may have wrong, please contact us.

Information given for each species will give botanical name, known common names, describe the flower, give time of year it flowered, and where it was photographed, and the areas it occurs in. Names have been matched to Florabase which has also been used to show distribution.

See some of these wildflower in larger sized photos on our Flickr pages.

Home > Lists and Links > Nature in Australia > Alphabetical Wildflower Index > Wildflowers P-5

Ptilotus drummondii, Narrowleaf Mulla Mulla

Small fluffy pastel pink pompoms on semi-upright or sprawling stems with slender pointed modified leaves along them, on a low growing plant

Spring, Summer

Bridgetown, South West Region, Western Australia, and grows widespread, across all regions of the state.

While some have remained as Ptilotus nobilis, these and the majority of the former nobilis species are now known as Ptilotus exaltatus

This bushy Mulla Mulla has pink to purple large flowers with a pointed tip, several branching from the stem from the leafy bush which can grow over a metre tall.

Above left in the Kimberley region; above right at Yalgoo and at right from near Mullewa, in the Mid West region, and occurs widespread through the state with the exception of the South West, Great Southern and south coast.

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Ptilotus davisii 2020, Davis's Mulla Mulla (this name has been applied to both species formerly known under the interim names of Pilotus sp. Beaufort River and Ptilotus sp. Porongurup)

A compact and brightly coloured Ptilotus, with similar colouring to Ptilotus manglesii. Foliage of shiny narrow elongated leaves from the central crown. A ring of shorter leaves at the back of each flower head.

November

Between Katanning and Nyabing, Great Southern region, Western Australia and has been recorded from a limited few sites within the South West, south western Wheatbelt and Great Southern regions.

Ptilotus aervoides, Matt Mulla Mulla.

Small fluffy conical to elongated flowers are creamy green with pink tips on a prostate spreading plant. Tan coloured stems are hairy, and basal leaves and those along the stems are oval with a tan edge.

August

Agnew and other areas in the Leonora shire, Goldfields region, and Sandstone in the Mid West region, Western Australia. Found in the Pilbara, Gascoyne, inland Mid West and Goldfields regions.

Ptilotus gaudichaudii, Paper Foxtail

A non fluffy yellow Ptilotus. Ptilotus eremita, formerly Ptilotus gaudichaudii subspecies gaudichaudii is similarly non fluffy, with flowers being to brown.

Flower heard are a cluster of yellow five petalled flowers with pink anthers on a yellow-green filament. Stigma and style similarly coloured. Basal leaves are narrowly oval and wither when plants flower. Leaves along stems are narrow flat leaves tapering to a point at tip.

August

Yalgoo, Mid West region, Western Australia, and occurs in the Pilbara, through the Gascoyne, Mid West, Goldfields and Wheatbelt regions, Western Australia

Ptilotus exaltatus 2018 (formerly Ptilotus nobilis after being changed from Ptilotus exaltatus before the species was again re-classfied) Tall Mulla Mulla, Purple Mulla Mulla, Pink Mulla Mulla.