https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/amaranthaceae/ptilotus/exaltatus-var--exaltatus/rss/amaranthaceae/ptilotus/exaltatus-var--exaltatusA wildflower is a flower that grows in the wild, meaning it was not intentionally seeded or planted. Use this database to help you find and identify Australia's abundant Wildflowers.en-auCopyright 2001 - 2026 I.T. Beyond Pty Ltd1440https://cdn.exploroz.com/exploroz/images/logo.pnghttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/amaranthaceae/ptilotus/exaltatus-var--exaltatus/rss/amaranthaceae/ptilotus/exaltatus-var--exaltatushttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/582+mulla-mullahttps://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/582+mulla-mulla<a href="https://www.exploroz.com/wildflowers/582+mulla-mulla"><img src="https://cdn.exploroz.com/images/GalleryTag_W582__TN130.jpg" border="0" align="left" hspace="5" /></a> Erect perennial to 1.5 m high. Stems simple or branched, ± glabrous except for axils and young shoots. Leaves obovate or oblong-lanceolate or spathulate, to 20 cm long, to 5 cm wide, acute, thick. Inflorescence conical lengthening to cylindrical, 3–20 cm long, 3–4.5 cm wide. Bracts hairy especially along midrib, ovate to elliptic, mucronate. Perianth segments c. 20 mm long; outer surface with close woolly hairs, mixed with longer straight hairs towards top third, apex glabrous; inner surface glabrous except for woolly base. Stamens 2 or 3, staminodes 3 or 2. Ovary stalked, hairy at the top. <br /> Family: Amaranthaceae &nbsp; Genus: Ptilotus &nbsp; Species: exaltatus var. exaltatus &nbsp; Main Flower Colour: Purple<br />Stephen L (Clare) SAWed, 19 Nov 2014 06:44:00 GMT