Ptilotus macrocephalus stem1 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Description: Native, perennial, glabrous or slightly hairy herb to 50 cm tall, with a woody rootstock. Leaves are linear to narrow-lanceolate, to 5 cm long and 3 mm wide; apices are mucronate and margins undulate. Flowerheads are oblong to cylindrical, 5–12 cm long, terminal and yellowish green. Perianth segments are 25–30 mm long; outer surface long-hairy with glabrous apex; inner surface glabrous. Widespread, growing in a wide range of habitats. Date: 23 May 2015, 09:23. Source: Ptilotus macrocephalus stem1. Author: Harry Rose from Dungog, Australia.